Potato-eaters
Last updated: 10 November 2026
Who eats the most potatoes per person?
This ranki.gg Rank it uses one measure: Potatoes available for consumption per person, FAO food balance, in kg/yr per capita. The countries on the card are Belarus, Ukraine, Poland, Ireland, United States, India. You do not have to recall the numbers from memory. They sit in a column. The job is to match each country to the value that belongs to it, then lock the order in. Five tries. A card in the right spot locks. A card in the wrong spot turns red so you can move it.
Belarus eats 166.9 kg of potatoes per person a year, ahead of Ukraine (147.0 kg). Ireland, the country people name first, is only #10 at 85.3 kg, and India is #90. Potatoes are a staple crop and a staple food in Belarus. The figure is FAO food available for consumption, not what is eaten at the table.
The countries on the card
| # | Country | kg/yr per capita |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus | 166.9 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 147 |
| 3 | Poland | 92.9 |
| 4 | Ireland | 85.3 |
| 5 | United States | 55.4 |
| 6 | India | 27.9 |
Belarus leads this table at 166.9 kg/yr per capita. After that: Ukraine at 147 (19.9 kg/yr per capita under Belarus); Poland at 92.9 (54.1 kg/yr per capita under Ukraine); Ireland at 85.3 (7.6 kg/yr per capita under Poland); United States at 55.4 (29.9 kg/yr per capita under Ireland); India at 27.9 (27.5 kg/yr per capita under United States). Belarus is 5.982 times India. That multiple is the top row divided by the bottom row of this same table. In the wider list of 187 stored on the puzzle, Belarus is number 1, Ukraine is number 2, Poland is number 6, Ireland is number 10, United States is number 37, India is number 90.
The fact puts Belarus first at the kilograms on the card, with Ukraine next, and says Ireland, the country people name first, is only number 10 in the wider list at the Ireland value shown here. India is described as number 90 in that wider list. Potatoes are a staple crop and a staple food in Belarus. The figure is FAO food available for consumption, not what is eaten at the table. Poland and the United States sit between Ireland and India on this six.
The source line on the puzzle is: UN FAO Food Balances via Our World in Data. The puzzle does not add a separate caveat beyond that source line and the fact above. ranki.gg does not invent a value that is missing from that source. If two countries were so close that the order would depend on rounding, they would not be the pair the card asks you to separate.
When you finish the puzzle, the answer screen repeats the order, the fact, and a link to the source. That link is the same URL cited here: https://ourworldindata.org/explorers/global-food?Food=Potatoes&Metric=Food+available+for+consumption&Per+capita=true&Unit=Kilograms+per+year.