Germany vs Southern Africa: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Germany
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Germany currently reports 45,015 kg/ha against 33,608 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 11,407 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.3 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Germany ranks 5th and Southern Africa ranks 8th of 166 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,945 kg/ha | 9,287 kg/ha | 12,658 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 22,019 kg/ha | 13,746 kg/ha | 8,273 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1980s | 25,336 kg/ha | 15,367 kg/ha | 9,968 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1990s | 34,248 kg/ha | 22,943 kg/ha | 11,305 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2000s | 41,090 kg/ha | 29,843 kg/ha | 11,246 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2010s | 42,704 kg/ha | 31,816 kg/ha | 10,888 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 43,119 kg/ha | 33,181 kg/ha | 9,938 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Germany or Southern Africa?
- Germany, at 45,015 kg/ha against 33,608 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Germany and Southern Africa?
- 11,407 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Southern Africa rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Germany ranks 5th and Southern Africa ranks 8th 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.