Potato yields by country
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
154
Highest
51.31 tonnes per hectare
New Zealand
Lowest
0.6497 tonnes per hectare
Eritrea
Median
19.89 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
320
1705–2024
Data points
8,735
What the numbers show
Potato yields is currently reported for 154 countries. The highest value is 51.31 tonnes per hectare in New Zealand; the lowest is 0.6497 tonnes per hectare in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 19.89 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 21.46 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79.
Over the past decade 103 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 146.8%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 86.1%).
Potato yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 51.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 2 | United States | 50.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 46.58 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 4 | Denmark | 45.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 45.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 6 | France | 42.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 7 | Netherlands | 41.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 8 | Canada | 41.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 40.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Bahrain | 40 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 11 | Jordan | 39.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 13 | Belgium | 39.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 14 | Kuwait | 38.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 15 | South Africa | 37.95 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 16 | Sweden | 37.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 17 | Palestine | 36.59 tonnes per hectare | 2022 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 18 | Argentina | 35.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 19 | Turkey | 35.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 34.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 21 | Switzerland | 34.69 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 34.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 23 | Algeria | 33.94 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Brazil | 33.52 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 33.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 146.8% | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 32.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 32.71 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 32.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 32.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 30 | Iran | 32.28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 32.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 32 | Austria | 31.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 33 | Greece | 31.59 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 34 | Finland | 31.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 35 | Oman | 30.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 36 | Poland | 30.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 37 | Niger | 30.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 38 | Egypt | 30.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 29.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 29.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 42 | Hungary | 29.48 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 43 | Czechia | 28.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 44 | Italy | 28.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 45 | Laos | 28.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Dominican Republic | 28.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 47 | Slovakia | 28.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 49 | Costa Rica | 27.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 50 | Lebanon | 27.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 51 | Serbia | 27.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 137.8% | rising |
| 52 | Albania | 26.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Panama | 26.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 54 | Slovenia | 26.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 55 | Iraq | 26.03 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 25.56 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Pakistan | 24.9 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 58 | South Korea | 24.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 59 | India | 24.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 60 | Senegal | 24.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 61 | Syria | 23.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 62 | Estonia | 23.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 63 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23.57 tonnes per hectare | 2014 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 64 | Uruguay | 23.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 23.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 66 | United Arab Emirates | 22.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 67 | Taiwan | 22.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 68 | Colombia | 22.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 69 | Mali | 22.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 70 | Cyprus | 22.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 71 | Belarus | 22.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 72 | Kazakhstan | 21.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 73 | Portugal | 21.72 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 74 | Venezuela | 21.46 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 20.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 76 | Mauritius | 20.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 77 | Zambia | 20.94 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 78 | China | 20.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 79 | Tajikistan | 19.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 80 | Qatar | 19.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 81 | Libya | 19.77 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Peru | 19.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 83 | Armenia | 19.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 84 | Malawi | 19.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 85 | Indonesia | 18.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 86 | Latvia | 18.41 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 87 | Thailand | 18.18 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 88 | Lithuania | 18.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 89 | Nicaragua | 18.01 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 90 | Croatia | 17.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 17.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 92 | Lesotho | 17.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 93 | Tunisia | 17.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 94 | Yemen | 17.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 95 | Russia | 17.6 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 96 | Ukraine | 17.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 97 | Cuba | 17.49 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 98 | Montenegro | 17.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 99 | Vietnam | 17.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 101 | Bulgaria | 16.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 102 | Nepal | 16.65 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 103 | North Macedonia | 16.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 104 | Ecuador | 16.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 105 | Philippines | 16.11 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 106 | Georgia | 15.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 107 | Myanmar | 15.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 108 | Turkmenistan | 15.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 109 | Faroe Islands | 15.25 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 110 | Comoros | 15.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 111 | Fiji | 15 tonnes per hectare | 2019 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Dominica | 14.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 113 | Honduras | 14.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 114 | Jamaica | 14.42 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 115 | Guinea | 14.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 116 | Reunion | 14.06 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 117 | Romania | 13.87 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 118 | Afghanistan | 13.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 120 | Iceland | 13.35 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 121 | Sri Lanka | 12.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 122 | Mongolia | 12.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 123 | Haiti | 12.7 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 124 | Mozambique | 12.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 125 | Ethiopia | 12.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 126 | Bhutan | 12.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 127 | Sudan | 12.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 128 | Namibia | 12.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 129 | Cape Verde | 11.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 130 | Cameroon | 10.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 131 | Burundi | 10.02 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Kenya | 9.68 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 133 | Benin | 9.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 134 | French Polynesia | 9.36 tonnes per hectare | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 135 | Chad | 9.12 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 136 | Belize | 8.94 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 137 | Tanzania | 8.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 138 | Congo | 8.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 139 | Rwanda | 7.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 140 | Angola | 7.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 6.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 143 | Uganda | 6.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 144 | Bolivia | 6.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 145 | Madagascar | 6.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 146 | Moldova | 6.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 147 | Mauritania | 5.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 148 | Papua New Guinea | 5.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 4.57 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 150 | Botswana | 3.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Nigeria | 3.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 152 | North Korea | 3.21 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 153 | Eswatini | 2.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 154 | Paraguay | 2.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 1.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 156 | Central African Republic | 1.08 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 157 | East Timor | 0.9088 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Eritrea | 0.6497 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 44.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- USSR 10.78 tonnes per hectare
About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.