Potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre by country
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
137
Highest
4.63 ha per square kilometre
Rwanda
Lowest
0 ha per square kilometre
French Polynesia
Median
0.0756 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,545
What the numbers show
Potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 4.63 ha per square kilometre in Rwanda; the lowest is 0 ha per square kilometre in French Polynesia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0756 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.3061 ha per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 68 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in New Caledonia (up 2,200.0%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).
Potatoes — Area harvested, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 4.63 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Bangladesh | 3.5 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 3 | Belgium | 3.14 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 4 | Lebanon | 2.7 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 5 | Ukraine | 2.09 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 6 | Burundi | 1.67 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Malta | 1.59 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 8 | Denmark | 1.53 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 9 | Nepal | 1.42 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Malawi | 0.8551 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Belarus | 0.803 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 12 | India | 0.7843 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Germany | 0.7575 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Armenia | 0.663 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 15 | Israel | 0.6205 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Poland | 0.6157 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Azerbaijan | 0.5983 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | rising |
| 18 | China | 0.4873 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 19 | North Macedonia | 0.4859 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.5% | flat |
| 20 | Pakistan | 0.4418 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Kenya | 0.412 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 0.4078 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.6% | rising |
| 23 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3841 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 24 | France | 0.3785 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.3779 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 26 | Palestine | 0.372 ha per square kilometre | 2022 | up 163.4% | rising |
| 27 | Mauritius | 0.3696 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 28 | Albania | 0.3674 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.6% | falling |
| 29 | Nigeria | 0.3604 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Cyprus | 0.3593 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 31 | Romania | 0.3455 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 32 | Uganda | 0.344 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Ethiopia | 0.2779 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 74.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Serbia | 0.2752 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 35 | Egypt | 0.2739 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Czechia | 0.2715 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Switzerland | 0.2709 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Uzbekistan | 0.2544 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 39 | Austria | 0.2499 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Peru | 0.2461 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 41 | Lesotho | 0.2453 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Eswatini | 0.2407 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 43 | Lithuania | 0.2353 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 44 | Georgia | 0.2302 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 45 | Luxembourg | 0.2175 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 46 | Japan | 0.1953 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 47 | Guatemala | 0.1853 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 48 | Guinea | 0.1688 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 260.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Tunisia | 0.1602 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 50 | Portugal | 0.1581 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Italy | 0.1537 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovenia | 0.146 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 53 | Montenegro | 0.1413 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Croatia | 0.1292 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Latvia | 0.1286 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 56 | Morocco | 0.1279 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 57 | Comoros | 0.1268 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Turkmenistan | 0.1192 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 193.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Ireland | 0.1192 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Spain | 0.1188 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Slovakia | 0.1129 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Colombia | 0.1018 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 63 | Haiti | 0.0999 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Afghanistan | 0.0935 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 165.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Jamaica | 0.0898 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 66 | Bhutan | 0.0851 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.4% | rising |
| 67 | Greece | 0.085 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 68 | Hungary | 0.0829 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 0.0756 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 70 | Estonia | 0.0749 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 71 | Faroe Islands | 0.0737 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.4% | flat |
| 72 | Ecuador | 0.0725 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 62.0% | flat |
| 73 | Cameroon | 0.0717 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 106.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Madagascar | 0.0709 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 0.0647 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 0.0631 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 98.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Zimbabwe | 0.062 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 135.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Costa Rica | 0.0608 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 79 | Algeria | 0.0579 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 80 | Sweden | 0.0552 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 81 | Finland | 0.0543 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 82 | Jordan | 0.0542 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Angola | 0.0533 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 84 | South Africa | 0.0528 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 85 | Cuba | 0.0476 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 0.0455 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 87 | Myanmar | 0.043 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 88 | Chile | 0.039 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 41.5% | falling |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 0.0351 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.6% | falling |
| 90 | Mozambique | 0.0346 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 78.8% | volatile |
| 91 | Yemen | 0.0339 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 92 | Indonesia | 0.0336 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 93 | New Zealand | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 94 | Mexico | 0.032 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 95 | Norway | 0.0316 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Senegal | 0.031 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 567.6% | volatile |
| 97 | Nicaragua | 0.0285 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 95.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Kuwait | 0.0269 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Sudan | 0.0229 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.4% | rising |
| 100 | New Caledonia | 0.0226 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2,200.0% | rising |
| 101 | Argentina | 0.0222 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 102 | Philippines | 0.0209 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | rising |
| 103 | Iraq | 0.0207 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Canada | 0.0176 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Uruguay | 0.0172 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Honduras | 0.0164 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 107 | Brazil | 0.0148 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 108 | Panama | 0.0139 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 109 | Dominica | 0.0133 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Thailand | 0.0127 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 111 | Niger | 0.0126 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 363.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Mongolia | 0.0125 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 0.0106 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 114 | El Salvador | 0.0101 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 115 | Bahrain | 0.01 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 285.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Mali | 0.0082 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0079 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 118 | Belize | 0.0051 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 163.6% | rising |
| 119 | Australia | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | falling |
| 120 | Iceland | 0.0047 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 121 | Zambia | 0.0036 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 53.7% | volatile |
| 122 | Chad | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 123 | Qatar | 0.003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,045.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Congo | 0.0024 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 125 | Paraguay | 0.0022 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 272.5% | volatile |
| 126 | Central African Republic | 0.0021 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Botswana | 0.0017 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.1% | rising |
| 128 | Namibia | 0.0015 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 129 | Oman | 0.0014 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Eritrea | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 131 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0007 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0005 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Mauritania | 0.0004 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 134 | Benin | 0.0003 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Fiji | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 135 | French Polynesia | 0 ha per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.131 ha per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Area harvested ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Potatoes — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.