Germany vs Northern Europe: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Germany
- Northern Europe
How they compare
Germany currently reports 45,015 kg/ha against 41,041 kg/ha in Northern Europe, a difference of 3,974 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Northern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Northern Europe ahead.
Germany ranks 5th and Northern Europe ranks 5th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 4 and Northern Europe in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Northern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,945 kg/ha | 22,366 kg/ha | 420.91 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1970s | 22,019 kg/ha | 25,951 kg/ha | 3,931 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1980s | 25,336 kg/ha | 30,551 kg/ha | 5,216 kg/ha | Northern Europe |
| 1990s | 34,248 kg/ha | 27,370 kg/ha | 6,878 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 41,090 kg/ha | 29,435 kg/ha | 11,655 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 42,704 kg/ha | 33,817 kg/ha | 8,887 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 43,119 kg/ha | 37,622 kg/ha | 5,498 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Germany or Northern Europe?
- Germany, at 45,015 kg/ha against 41,041 kg/ha in Northern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Germany and Northern Europe?
- 3,974 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Northern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Northern Europe rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Germany ranks 5th and Northern Europe ranks 5th of 166 countries.
- 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.