Ireland vs Sweden: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Ireland
- Sweden
How they compare
Ireland currently reports 39,606 kg/ha against 37,311 kg/ha in Sweden, a difference of 2,295 kg/ha.
That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times Sweden's.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ireland ahead.
Ireland ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 16th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ireland averaged higher in 5 and Sweden in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ireland | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,802 kg/ha | 22,276 kg/ha | 2,526 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1970s | 25,884 kg/ha | 25,690 kg/ha | 194.65 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 1980s | 21,867 kg/ha | 29,652 kg/ha | 7,784 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1990s | 27,965 kg/ha | 33,001 kg/ha | 5,036 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2000s | 33,708 kg/ha | 29,616 kg/ha | 4,092 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2010s | 37,674 kg/ha | 33,418 kg/ha | 4,255 kg/ha | Ireland |
| 2020s | 40,317 kg/ha | 36,187 kg/ha | 4,130 kg/ha | Ireland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Ireland or Sweden?
- Ireland, at 39,606 kg/ha against 37,311 kg/ha in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Ireland and Sweden?
- 2,295 kg/ha, with Ireland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ireland and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ireland and Sweden rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Ireland ranks 13th and Sweden ranks 16th 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.