The tables below provide information about the consumption and production of potatoes in five parts of the world in 2006.

The tables compare the

potatoes

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in terms of

consumption

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and

production

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in five different continents namely South and Central

America

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,

Africa

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, North

America

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,

Europe

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, and

Asia

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.

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consumption

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and

production

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of

potatoes

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the highest in

Europe

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and

Asia

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,

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Africa

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showed a much lower level of

production

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and

consumption

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.

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Europe

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was the predominant consumer of

potatoes

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, with an average

consumption

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of 91.6

kg

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, significantly higher than other regions. North

America

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consumed 59.7

kg

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of

potatoes

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, making it the second most consumer of

potatoes

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.

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vegetable was not heavily consumed in South and Central

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and

Asia

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, as an individual consumed 23.6 and 25.8

kg

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respectively.

Consumption

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of

potatoes

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was relatively modest in

Africa

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with only 14.1

kg

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per capita. The potato

production

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in

Asia

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far outweighs that of South and Central

America

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and

Africa

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, with respective figures being 131.2

kilograms

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, 15.6

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and 16.4

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. Followed by

Europe

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, at 126.3

kilograms

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, which surpassed North

America

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by five times.