Potatoes — Area harvested in Albania
Albania: Potatoes — Area harvested was 10,368 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Albania recorded 10,368 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Albania peaked at 22,032 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 3,091 ha, in 1963.
Albania ranks 91st of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Albania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,185 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,598 ha | -14.0% |
| 1963 | 3,091 ha | -14.1% |
| 1964 | 3,729 ha | +20.6% |
| 1965 | 3,718 ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 12,347 ha | +232.1% |
| 1967 | 16,006 ha | +29.6% |
| 1968 | 22,032 ha | +37.6% |
| 1969 | 21,701 ha | -1.5% |
| 1970 | 19,510 ha | -10.1% |
| 1971 | 15,768 ha | -19.2% |
| 1972 | 15,300 ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 13,300 ha | -13.1% |
| 1974 | 15,500 ha | +16.5% |
| 1975 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 15,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 16,300 ha | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 16,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1982 | 15,600 ha | -6.0% |
| 1983 | 15,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 14,300 ha | -7.7% |
| 1985 | 15,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 14,000 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 14,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 12,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 9,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1990 | 12,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1991 | 11,047 ha | -7.9% |
| 1992 | 9,470 ha | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 10,313 ha | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 10,923 ha | +5.9% |
| 1995 | 12,029 ha | +10.1% |
| 1996 | 12,398 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 11,534 ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 11,398 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 11,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 11,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 11,000 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 10,600 ha | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 10,456 ha | -1.4% |
| 2004 | 10,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 10,134 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 9,523 ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 8,200 ha | -13.9% |
| 2008 | 9,800 ha | +19.5% |
| 2009 | 9,100 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 9,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 9,300 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 9,100 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 9,600 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 10,100 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 9,693 ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 9,948 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 9,726 ha | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 10,164 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 9,701 ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 10,378 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 9,910 ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 10,068 ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 10,368 ha | +3.0% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 10,368 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 66% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Albania's 10,368 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 59% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +232.1% | 3,718 ha | 12,347 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,045 ha | 3,091 ha | 22,032 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,688 ha | 13,300 ha | 19,510 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,230 ha | 9,000 ha | 16,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,251 ha | 9,470 ha | 12,398 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,091 ha | 8,200 ha | 11,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,613 ha | 9,000 ha | 10,164 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,085 ha | 9,701 ha | 10,378 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Albania?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Albania was 10,368 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 22,032 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,091 ha in 1963.
- How does Albania rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Albania ranks 91st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Albania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.