The tables below give information about the consumption and production of potatoes in five continents in 2006.
Overall, the highest requires for potatoes experienced in Europe, whereas the lowest outcome was Africa. Meanwhile, the manufacturing of potatoes was popular in Asia. However, the lowest result show in Africa and South and Central America.
Focusing on the consumption first, the leader requirements present in Europe with 96.1 kg per person. Trailing closely behind, the second rank won North America at 57.9 kg. Coming to the next two continents, which gave almost the same result South and Central Africa with 23.6 and Oceania with 25.8 kg per person. Last on this list, in Africa the ingestion of potatoes makes up 14.1 kg for each person, which lag noticeably behind.
With regard to the production, the top performers in these five regions were Asia and Europe. These two world divisions grew the highest quantities of potato, approximately 130 million tonnes. Third on the list was North America with 24.7 million, witnessing an almost fourfold decrease compared to the leaders. The final parts of the world on the list were Africa and South and Central America, which experienced similar pattern with 16.4 million and 15.6 million tonnes.