Japan vs Western Africa: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Japan
- Western Africa
How they compare
Japan currently reports 32,309 kg/ha against 6,219 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 26,090 kg/ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 5.2 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 29th and Western Africa ranks 32nd of 153 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,536 kg/ha | 10,422 kg/ha | 8,114 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 24,173 kg/ha | 8,444 kg/ha | 15,729 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 28,936 kg/ha | 7,300 kg/ha | 21,636 kg/ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 31,032 kg/ha | 7,788 kg/ha | 23,244 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 32,015 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 28,510 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 30,244 kg/ha | 4,702 kg/ha | 25,543 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 31,766 kg/ha | 6,003 kg/ha | 25,763 kg/ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Japan or Western Africa?
- Japan, at 32,309 kg/ha against 6,219 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Japan and Western Africa?
- 26,090 kg/ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Western Africa rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Japan ranks 29th and Western Africa ranks 32nd 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.