The two tables compare the amount of potatoes produced and consumed per a person in five different parts of the globe. Overall, it is noticeable that people living in Europe consumed the most potatoes in their meals, meaning that the production of potatoes is huge. However, while Asia was where potatoes were produced mostly from, the Asians just consumed a little of them.
Regarding the consumption of potatoes, Europeans had a large quantity of potatoes in their meals, 96.1 kilograms, which is 38.2 kilograms more than North America, the following part of the world surveyed. Moreover, Asia and South and Central America had quite similar figures, consuming 25.8 and 23.6 kilograms of the vegetable, relatively. The least amount of potatoes consumed can be seen in the data of Africa, merely 14.1 kilograms.
In terms of the production of potatoes, although the Asians did not eat a lot of potatoes, this place produced most of potatoes in the world, 131.2 millions of tons potatoes, followed by Europe with 126.3 millions of tons. Conversely, North America only provided 24.7 millions of tons, while its consumption was twice higher than its production. The figures for South and Central America and Africa were equivalent, with the production in each part was 15.6 and 16.4 millions of tons potatoes.