Potato yields in Tanzania
Tanzania: Potato yields was 8.67 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potato yields in Tanzania, 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
Tanzania recorded 8.67 tonnes per hectare for potato yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potato yields in Tanzania peaked at 11.18 tonnes per hectare in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.87 tonnes per hectare, in 1974.
Tanzania ranks 137th of 158 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.41 tonnes per hectare | 3 tonnes per hectare | 3.83 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.62 tonnes per hectare | 2.87 tonnes per hectare | 4.24 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 4.94 tonnes per hectare | 4.09 tonnes per hectare | 5.8 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.84 tonnes per hectare | 5.99 tonnes per hectare | 7.69 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.6 tonnes per hectare | 4.4 tonnes per hectare | 8.26 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.25 tonnes per hectare | 3.55 tonnes per hectare | 11.18 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.59 tonnes per hectare | 8.29 tonnes per hectare | 8.92 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Tanzania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 20.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 22.9% (2025)
- Rural population 44.53 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 63.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 6.52 million hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potato yields in Tanzania?
- Potato yields in Tanzania was 8.67 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 11.18 tonnes per hectare in 2018.
- What is the lowest potato yields recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.87 tonnes per hectare in 1974.
- How does Tanzania rank for potato yields?
- Tanzania ranks 137th out of 158 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potato yields rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.