Madagascar vs Papua New Guinea: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Madagascar
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 6,038 kg/ha against 5,792 kg/ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 246 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Madagascar ranks 154th and Papua New Guinea ranks 157th of 166 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,121 kg/ha | 4,417 kg/ha | 2,704 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 5,763 kg/ha | 8,123 kg/ha | 2,360 kg/ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 6,705 kg/ha | 5,300 kg/ha | 1,404 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 5,853 kg/ha | 4,346 kg/ha | 1,507 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 5,816 kg/ha | 4,549 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 5,950 kg/ha | 5,692 kg/ha | 257.67 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 6,021 kg/ha | 5,770 kg/ha | 251.48 kg/ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Madagascar or Papua New Guinea?
- Madagascar, at 6,038 kg/ha against 5,792 kg/ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?
- 246 kg/ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Papua New Guinea rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 154th and Papua New Guinea ranks 157th 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.