Potato yields in Panama
Panama: Potato yields was 26.46 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potato yields in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Panama recorded 26.46 tonnes per hectare for potato yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potato yields in Panama peaked at 27.67 tonnes per hectare in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9.95 tonnes per hectare, in 1969.
Panama ranks 53rd of 158 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.99 tonnes per hectare | 9.95 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.43 tonnes per hectare | 10 tonnes per hectare | 14.05 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.32 tonnes per hectare | 10.06 tonnes per hectare | 20.29 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 16.12 tonnes per hectare | 11.4 tonnes per hectare | 21.84 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 22.02 tonnes per hectare | 13.08 tonnes per hectare | 27.67 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 24.29 tonnes per hectare | 21.27 tonnes per hectare | 25.88 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 26.29 tonnes per hectare | 26.12 tonnes per hectare | 26.46 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Rural population 1.55 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 33.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 109,277 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potato yields in Panama?
- Potato yields in Panama was 26.46 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest potato yields recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 27.67 tonnes per hectare in 2006.
- What is the lowest potato yields recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.95 tonnes per hectare in 1969.
- How does Panama rank for potato yields?
- Panama ranks 53rd out of 158 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potato yields rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Broadberry et al. (2015); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Potato yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.