South Africa vs Sweden: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- South Africa
- Sweden
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 37,951 kg/ha against 37,311 kg/ha in Sweden, a difference of 640 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sweden ahead.
South Africa ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 17th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 3 and Sweden in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,390 kg/ha | 22,276 kg/ha | 12,886 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1970s | 14,350 kg/ha | 25,690 kg/ha | 11,340 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1980s | 16,043 kg/ha | 29,652 kg/ha | 13,609 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 1990s | 24,642 kg/ha | 33,001 kg/ha | 8,359 kg/ha | Sweden |
| 2000s | 33,038 kg/ha | 29,616 kg/ha | 3,422 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 35,578 kg/ha | 33,418 kg/ha | 2,160 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 37,451 kg/ha | 36,187 kg/ha | 1,263 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, South Africa or Sweden?
- South Africa, at 37,951 kg/ha against 37,311 kg/ha in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between South Africa and Sweden?
- 640 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sweden?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Sweden rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- South Africa ranks 16th and Sweden ranks 17th 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.