Spain vs Western Africa: Potatoes — Yield
Potatoes — Yield over time
- Spain
- Western Africa
How they compare
Spain currently reports 32,109 kg/ha against 6,219 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 25,890 kg/ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 5.2 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Spain has been ahead every year.
Spain ranks 31st and Western Africa ranks 32nd of 166 countries.
Spain has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Spain | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,712 kg/ha | 10,422 kg/ha | 1,290 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1970s | 13,978 kg/ha | 8,444 kg/ha | 5,534 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1980s | 16,930 kg/ha | 7,300 kg/ha | 9,629 kg/ha | Spain |
| 1990s | 20,692 kg/ha | 7,788 kg/ha | 12,904 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2000s | 27,620 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 24,116 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2010s | 31,329 kg/ha | 4,702 kg/ha | 26,628 kg/ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 32,016 kg/ha | 6,003 kg/ha | 26,013 kg/ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — yield, Spain or Western Africa?
- Spain, at 32,109 kg/ha against 6,219 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — yield between Spain and Western Africa?
- 25,890 kg/ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Spain and Western Africa rank globally for potatoes — yield?
- Spain ranks 31st and Western Africa ranks 32nd 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.