Ireland vs Southern Asia: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Ireland
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 39,606 kg/ha against 23,912 kg/ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 15,694 kg/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.7 times Southern Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Ireland has been ahead every year.
Ireland ranks 13th and Southern Asia ranks 11th of 153 countries.
Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,802 kg/ha | 7,867 kg/ha | 16,935 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 25,884 kg/ha | 10,093 kg/ha | 15,791 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 21,867 kg/ha | 13,275 kg/ha | 8,592 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1990s | 27,965 kg/ha | 15,595 kg/ha | 12,370 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2000s | 33,708 kg/ha | 17,733 kg/ha | 15,975 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 37,674 kg/ha | 21,627 kg/ha | 16,046 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 40,317 kg/ha | 23,822 kg/ha | 16,495 kg/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Ireland or Southern Asia?
- Ireland, at 39,606 kg/ha against 23,912 kg/ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Ireland and Southern Asia?
- 15,694 kg/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and Southern Asia rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Ireland ranks 13th and Southern Asia ranks 11th of 153 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.