Denmark vs South Africa: Potato production

Denmark
3.00 million tonnes
in 2024
South Africa
2.62 million tonnes
in 2024
Denmark rank
24th
South Africa rank
27th

Potato production over time

  • Denmark
  • South Africa
01.0M2.0M3.0M196119922024

How they compare

Denmark currently reports 3.00 million tonnes against 2.62 million tonnes in South Africa, a difference of 374,100 tonnes.

That makes Denmark's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Denmark ahead.

Denmark ranks 24th and South Africa ranks 27th of 159 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Potato production
Unit
tonnes
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
160 places, 8,927 data points, 1961–2024
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Potato production is measured in tonnes.