Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Romania
Romania: Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita was 0.004 ha per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in ha per person.
Analysis
Romania recorded 0.004 ha per person for potatoes — area harvested, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 60.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Romania peaked at 0.0177 ha per person in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0.004 ha per person, in 2024.
That places Romania 21st out of 137 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0162 ha per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.0163 ha per person | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 0.0177 ha per person | +8.2% |
| 1964 | 0.017 ha per person | -3.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0164 ha per person | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 0.0165 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 0.0165 ha per person | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 0.0169 ha per person | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 0.016 ha per person | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 0.0149 ha per person | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 0.015 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 0.0151 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0143 ha per person | -5.5% |
| 1974 | 0.0148 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0143 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 0.014 ha per person | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 0.0141 ha per person | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0139 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 0.0133 ha per person | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 0.0129 ha per person | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0134 ha per person | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 0.0138 ha per person | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 0.0141 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 0.0138 ha per person | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 0.0141 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 0.0144 ha per person | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0138 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0141 ha per person | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 0.0152 ha per person | +7.4% |
| 1990 | 0.0125 ha per person | -17.7% |
| 1991 | 0.0102 ha per person | -18.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0096 ha per person | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0109 ha per person | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0109 ha per person | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0108 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0114 ha per person | +5.5% |
| 1997 | 0.0112 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 0.0115 ha per person | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0121 ha per person | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0125 ha per person | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 0.0125 ha per person | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.013 ha per person | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0131 ha per person | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.0118 ha per person | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0134 ha per person | +13.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0134 ha per person | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0131 ha per person | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 0.0126 ha per person | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0128 ha per person | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0122 ha per person | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0123 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0114 ha per person | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0104 ha per person | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0102 ha per person | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0099 ha per person | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 0.0095 ha per person | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0087 ha per person | -7.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0089 ha per person | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 0.009 ha per person | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0052 ha per person | -41.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0044 ha per person | -15.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0042 ha per person | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0042 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 0.004 ha per person | -4.4% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 0.004 ha per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0014 ha per person, 2.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Romania's 0.004 ha per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.0032 ha per person, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita in Romania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -41.7% | 0.009 ha per person | 0.0052 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0166 ha per person | 0.016 ha per person | 0.0177 ha per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0144 ha per person | 0.0133 ha per person | 0.0151 ha per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.014 ha per person | 0.0129 ha per person | 0.0152 ha per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0111 ha per person | 0.0096 ha per person | 0.0125 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0128 ha per person | 0.0118 ha per person | 0.0134 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0102 ha per person | 0.0087 ha per person | 0.0123 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0044 ha per person | 0.004 ha per person | 0.0052 ha per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Romania?
- Potatoes — area harvested, per capita in Romania was 0.004 ha per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0177 ha per person in 1963.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested, per capita recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.004 ha per person in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for potatoes — area harvested, per capita?
- Romania ranks 21st out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested, per capita rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.