Polynesia vs Western Asia: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Polynesia
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 29,722 kg/ha against 9,358 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 20,364 kg/ha.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 3.2 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 61 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Polynesia ranks 10th and Western Asia ranks 10th of 18 countries.
Western Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 11,682 kg/ha | 1,682 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 10,000 kg/ha | 14,333 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 1980s | 10,000 kg/ha | 18,909 kg/ha | 8,909 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 8,621 kg/ha | 20,558 kg/ha | 11,938 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 8,837 kg/ha | 21,209 kg/ha | 12,372 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2010s | 9,135 kg/ha | 24,487 kg/ha | 15,352 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2020s | 9,338 kg/ha | 27,984 kg/ha | 18,646 kg/ha | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Polynesia or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 29,722 kg/ha against 9,358 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Polynesia and Western Asia?
- 20,364 kg/ha, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Western Asia?
- 61 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2021.
- How do Polynesia and Western Asia rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Polynesia ranks 10th and Western Asia ranks 10th 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.