Melanesia vs South Africa: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 37,951 kg/ha against 6,440 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 31,511 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 5.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 16th of 18 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,459 kg/ha | 9,390 kg/ha | 2,932 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 5,292 kg/ha | 14,350 kg/ha | 9,058 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 7,413 kg/ha | 16,043 kg/ha | 8,630 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 11,764 kg/ha | 24,642 kg/ha | 12,878 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 7,126 kg/ha | 33,038 kg/ha | 25,913 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 6,980 kg/ha | 35,578 kg/ha | 28,598 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 6,465 kg/ha | 37,451 kg/ha | 30,985 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Melanesia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 37,951 kg/ha against 6,440 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Melanesia and South Africa?
- 31,511 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and South Africa rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 14th and South Africa ranks 16th of 18 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.