Germany vs Western Europe: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Germany
- Western Europe
How they compare
Germany currently reports 45,015 kg/ha against 42,442 kg/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 2,573 kg/ha.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Germany ranks 5th and Western Europe ranks 4th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Germany averaged higher in 3 and Western Europe in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Germany | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,945 kg/ha | 21,921 kg/ha | 24.22 kg/ha | Germany |
| 1970s | 22,019 kg/ha | 24,309 kg/ha | 2,290 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 25,336 kg/ha | 29,118 kg/ha | 3,782 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1990s | 34,248 kg/ha | 36,806 kg/ha | 2,558 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 41,090 kg/ha | 41,875 kg/ha | 785.31 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 42,704 kg/ha | 42,580 kg/ha | 123.45 kg/ha | Germany |
| 2020s | 43,119 kg/ha | 41,693 kg/ha | 1,426 kg/ha | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Germany or Western Europe?
- Germany, at 45,015 kg/ha against 42,442 kg/ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Germany and Western Europe?
- 2,573 kg/ha, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Germany and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Germany and Western Europe rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Germany ranks 5th and Western Europe ranks 4th 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.