Eastern Africa vs Mexico: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Eastern Africa
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 32,714 kg/ha against 11,249 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 21,465 kg/ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 2.9 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Eastern Africa ranks 30th and Mexico ranks 27th of 33 groups.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,678 kg/ha | 8,702 kg/ha | 2,023 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 6,630 kg/ha | 11,684 kg/ha | 5,053 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 6,557 kg/ha | 13,490 kg/ha | 6,932 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 7,765 kg/ha | 18,899 kg/ha | 11,134 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 9,983 kg/ha | 25,450 kg/ha | 15,466 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 11,733 kg/ha | 27,939 kg/ha | 16,206 kg/ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 11,302 kg/ha | 31,934 kg/ha | 20,632 kg/ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Eastern Africa or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 32,714 kg/ha against 11,249 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Eastern Africa and Mexico?
- 21,465 kg/ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Mexico rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Eastern Africa ranks 30th and Mexico ranks 27th of 33 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — Yield. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.