World Potato Production by Country

Based on the provided data on world potato production by country, several key observations can be made:

1. China Dominates Production: China stands out as the leading producer of potatoes by a significant margin, with an annual production of 94,362,175 tonnes. This figure reflects both the vast agricultural capabilities and the importance of potatoes in Chinese cuisine and agriculture.
2. India Follows Closely: India ranks second in potato production globally, with an annual output of 54,230,000 tonnes. This highlights the importance of potatoes in the Indian agricultural landscape and diet, as well as the country’s significant contribution to global potato production.
3. Diverse Production Levels: The data reveals a wide range of production levels across countries, from major producers like China and India to smaller producers like Luxembourg and Bhutan. This diversity reflects varying agricultural landscapes, climates, and economic factors influencing potato cultivation.
4. Yield Variation: While some countries have high production volumes, others achieve impressive yields per hectare. For instance, countries like Latvia, Sweden, and Belarus have relatively high yields per hectare, indicating efficient agricultural practices and favorable growing conditions.
5. Regional Trends: Potato production is not evenly distributed globally, with certain regions showing higher levels of production and yield. For example, European countries like Ukraine, Russia, and Poland are significant producers, as are several African nations such as Egypt, Algeria, and South Africa.
6. Challenges in Low-Productivity Regions: Some countries, particularly in Africa, face challenges in achieving high yields and production levels due to factors such as limited access to resources, unfavorable climates, and agricultural infrastructure constraints. Efforts to improve productivity in these regions could have significant implications for global potato supply.

Overall, the data underscores the global importance of potatoes as a staple food crop and highlights the diverse landscape of potato production worldwide, with opportunities for improvement in productivity and sustainability in various regions.

Country	Production (Tons)	Production per Person (Kg)	Acreage (Hectare)	Yield (Kg / Hectare)
	Jamaica	16,751	6.138	1,048	15,983.8
	Latvia	115,100	59.77	7,300	15,767.1
	Dominica	143.73	2.016	9	16,848.8
	South Korea	554,893	10.746	21,745	25,518.2
	Lebanon	659,481.06	108.227	23,607	27,935.3
	Sri Lanka	75,910.8	3.54	4,623	16,418.8
	Cameroon	365,730.73	15.371	20,617	17,739.1
	Azerbaijan	1,061,957.7	107.289	56,104	18,928.5
	Congo-Kinshasa	105,457	1.296	22,933	4,598.5
	Zimbabwe	12,261	0.826	2,129	5,759
	Moldova	218,300	61.477	22,300	9,789.2
	Guinea	349,747	29.431	28,205	12,400.2
	Senegal	143,640	9.134	5,997	23,950.1
	Libya	328,887.8	50.825	16,669	19,730.2
	United Arab Emirates	1,342	0.141	52	25,667.6
	Namibia	14,341.2	5.942	1,188	12,068.5
	Ukraine	21,356,320	505.309	1,283,200	16,643
	India	54,230,000	40.577	2,248,000	24,123.7
	Sweden	826,000	81.207	23,750	34,778.9
	Cuba	97,292	8.67	4,925	19,754.7
	Niger	258,309.63	12.033	7,814	33,058.4
	Turkey	5,100,000	63.111	138,513	36,819.6
	Panama	25,897.27	6.227	1,006	25,750.1
	Central African Republic	1,367.61	0.289	1,301	1,051.5
	Italy	1,362,130	22.538	46,700	29,167.7
	Estonia	66,270	50.238	3,110	21,308.7
	Czech Republic	671,860	63.303	22,820	29,441.7
	Mauritius	12,910	10.206	670	19,268.7
	Russian Federation	18,295,535.1	124.564	1,142,111	16,019.1
	Indonesia	1,361,064	5.136	71,786	18,960.1
	New Zealand	554,052.53	113.046	10,901	50,825.8
	Iceland	6,355	17.999	450	14,122.2
	East Timor	1,007.16	0.798	1,081	931.4
	Nepal	3,325,231	113.804	198,788	16,727.5
	Israel	509,412	57.186	14,666	34,733.7
	Belarus	4,807,731	507.241	249,500	19,269.5
	Ireland	407,500	83.9	8,930	45,632.7
	Montenegro	25,406.88	40.824	1,457	17,439.1
	Albania	258,862	90.186	10,378	24,943.3
	Madagascar	251,257.57	9.567	41,691	6,026.7
	Australia	1,267,638.64	50.606	31,426	40,337.2
	Iraq	466,127	11.849	19,139	24,355.5
	Hungary	239,840	24.546	8,770	27,347.8
	Tunisia	450,000	39.314	25,491	17,653.3
	United States of America	18,582,370	56.694	378,670	49,072.7
	Honduras	26,718.59	2.965	1,836	14,551.9
	Mongolia	182,638.23	56.649	21,416	8,527.9
	South Africa	2,595,280	44.959	69,725	37,221.6
	Ethiopia	1,141,856.23	10.618	85,009	13,432.3
	Syria	594,625	32.521	26,424	22,503.4
	Qatar	490	0.2	49	10,000
	Serbia	613,785	87.665	26,388	23,260
	The Bahamas	0	0	0	N/A
	Georgia	234,700	62.929	16,200	14,487.7
	Dominican Republic	90,801.77	8.845	3,413	26,608
	South Sudan	0	0	0	N/A
	Burkina Faso	23,839.71	1.178	4,304	5,539.3
	Congo-Brazzaville	7,252.8	1.343	849	8,540.5
	Slovakia	151,100	27.76	6,070	24,892.9
	Palestinian Territories	60,507.99	13.298	1,579	38,328
	Burundi	339,573.32	31.792	34,022	9,981
	Taiwan	62,175	2.637	2,738	22,708.2
	Bolivia	1,272,648.97	112.551	191,321	6,651.9
	Papua New Guinea	1,244.96	0.145	212	5,872.9
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.29	0.114	2	3,367.3
	Laos	3,224.49	0.463	126	25,602.8
	Ecuador	244,749	14.341	19,088	12,822.1
	Algeria	4,360,880	102.498	136,855	31,864.9
	Guatemala	608,837.56	35.189	23,993	25,375.8
	Vietnam	323,684.66	3.419	19,572	16,538.2
	Kyrgyzstan	1,289,108	204.319	74,904	17,210.1
	Faroe Islands	1,550.84	30.352	103	15,011.9
	Botswana	2,310.12	1.003	732	3,154.5
	Myanmar	465,598.96	8.644	29,953	15,544.1
	Pakistan	5,872,960	29.092	234,320	25,063.8
	Benin	156.09	0.014	13	11,789.6
	Romania	1,397,840	71.596	84,530	16,536.6
	Tanzania	1,075,445.79	19.842	129,967	8,274.8
	Yemen	228,352.95	7.897	14,984	15,239.6
	Uzbekistan	3,285,646	100.62	98,169	33,469.2
	Nicaragua	77,710	12.365	3,687	21,076.8
	Portugal	413,320	40.163	16,800	24,602.4
	Bulgaria	195,640	27.75	10,900	17,948.6
	Swaziland	8,419.12	7.263	4,002	2,103.5
	Colombia	2,621,344	52.501	120,190	21,810
	Bahrain	32	0.021	1	32,000
	North Korea	653,125.04	25.502	154,181	4,236.1
	Armenia	464,333.65	156.352	21,401	21,696.7
	Denmark	2,374,600	410.124	56,200	42,252.7
	Kuwait	47,307.53	11.192	911	51,917.6
	Malta	7,120	14.967	570	12,491.2
	Angola	485,371	16.594	67,644	7,175.4
	Morocco	1,641,853	47.214	51,787	31,704
	United Kingdom	5,306,719.81	80.356	137,000	38,735.2
	Lithuania	200,160	71.467	15,330	13,056.8
	Haiti	34,814.27	3.133	2,742	12,696
	Uganda	246,393.93	6.347	40,372	6,103.2
	China	94,362,175	67.698	5,782,738	16,317.9
	Mauritania	2,252.73	0.565	370	6,087.7
	Kenya	2,107,824	41.37	214,600	9,822.1
	Oman	12,462	2.487	488	25,534.8
	Uruguay	93,121	26.561	3,806	24,466.9
	Macedonia	179,815	86.645	12,613	14,256.3
	Chad	38,763.49	2.525	3,788	10,233.7
	Cape Verde	2,400	4.411	163	14,723.9
	Chile	994,507.8	56.59	36,329	27,375
	Sudan	504,331.98	12.362	38,423	13,125.9
	Norway	368,900	69.442	11,539	31,969.8
	El Salvador	10,683.11	1.608	367	29,128.4
	Malawi	1,428,644.64	79.672	77,991	18,318.1
	Afghanistan	864,771.99	27.388	53,494	16,165.6
	Fiji	44	0.05	3	15,000
	Croatia	127,830	30.493	8,790	14,542.7
	Cyprus	88,530	103.568	3,990	22,188
	Rwanda	938,281	78.183	113,458	8,269.9
	Spain	2,081,110	44.602	63,280	32,887.3
	Mali	218,062	11.412	9,615	22,679.4
	Mexico	1,947,760.98	15.615	61,293	31,778.1
	Greece	381,740	35.451	12,360	30,885.1
	Finland	558,790	101.269	20,330	27,486
	Switzerland	372,900	43.907	10,714	34,804.9
	Bangladesh	9,887,242	59.877	468,699	21,095.1
	Argentina	2,954,797.87	66.408	84,771	34,856.4
	Peru	5,661,443	181.239	330,604	17,124.5
	Egypt	6,902,816.96	70.801	262,706	26,275.8
	Côte d’Ivoire	52	0.002	21	2,476.2
	Germany	11,312,100	136.717	258,300	43,794.4
	Costa Rica	83,410	16.671	3,081	27,072.4
	Slovenia	64,040	30.984	2,730	23,457.9
	Eritrea	58.64	0.011	90	651.6
	Zambia	62,357.69	3.692	2,667	23,384.3
	Belgium	3,871,470	339.105	89,920	43,054.6
	Austria	769,690	87.087	22,560	34,117.5
	Paraguay	4,089	0.58	285	14,347.4
	Jordan	177,501.77	17.349	4,659	38,095.9
	Nigeria	1,216,884.87	6.165	319,180	3,812.5
	Iran	2,599,088.74	31.79	88,133	29,490.5
	Brazil	3,853,464	18.391	116,422	33,099.1
	Lesotho	126,831.35	56.045	7,191	17,637.5
	France	8,987,220	133.546	211,590	42,474.7
	Venezuela	474,322.55	14.903	23,970	19,788.1
	Kazakhstan	4,031,581.7	220.638	194,400	20,738.6
	Poland	7,081,460	184.252	235,830	30,027.8
	Turkmenistan	572,641.85	97.863	39,732	14,412.7
	Tajikistan	903,000	101.108	58,240	15,504.8
	Comoros	709.86	0.834	48	14,922.9
	Canada	6,372,183	171.233	154,169	41,332.5
	Belize	1,426	3.602	101	14,089.5
	Japan	2,130,905.95	16.846	69,802	30,528
	Saudi Arabia	578,108	17.302	19,921	29,020
	Thailand	133,579	1.931	7,128	18,740
	Mozambique	326,562	11.315	20,355	16,043.7
	The Netherlands	6,675,590	386.962	159,040	41,974.3
	Luxembourg	16,220	26.943	630	25,746
	Bhutan	38,572.7	53.047	3,338	11,555.6
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	339,727	89.77	33,560	10,123
	Philippines	103,057.74	0.969	6,551	15,731.3