Potatoes — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Potatoes — Area harvested was 66,991 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 66,991 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 36.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Angola peaked at 129,958 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1993.
Angola ranks 38th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,700 ha | +56.7% |
| 1964 | 5,100 ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 5,260 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 5,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,750 ha | +59.1% |
| 1990 | 8,500 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 9,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 10,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | -80.0% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1995 | 3,574 ha | +19.1% |
| 1996 | 4,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 3,976 ha | +13.6% |
| 1999 | 3,500 ha | -12.0% |
| 2000 | 8,884 ha | +153.8% |
| 2001 | 37,222 ha | +319.0% |
| 2002 | 41,957 ha | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 59,542 ha | +41.9% |
| 2004 | 120,072 ha | +101.7% |
| 2005 | 129,958 ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 56,597 ha | -56.4% |
| 2007 | 79,053 ha | +39.7% |
| 2008 | 47,271 ha | -40.2% |
| 2009 | 95,165 ha | +101.3% |
| 2010 | 96,229 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 103,391 ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 94,285 ha | -8.8% |
| 2013 | 105,862 ha | +12.3% |
| 2014 | 106,180 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 106,347 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 106,902 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 63,983 ha | -40.1% |
| 2018 | 63,845 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 63,963 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 66,789 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 67,644 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 68,040 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 66,469 ha | -2.3% |
| 2024 | 66,991 ha | +0.8% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 66,991 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 2.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Angola's 66,991 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 4.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +319.0% | 8,884 ha | 37,222 ha |
| 2000 | +153.8% | 3,500 ha | 8,884 ha |
| 2004 | +101.7% | 59,542 ha | 120,072 ha |
| 2009 | +101.3% | 47,271 ha | 95,165 ha |
| 1993 | -80.0% | 10,000 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1989 | +59.1% | 5,500 ha | 8,750 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,693 ha | 3,000 ha | 5,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,430 ha | 5,400 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,825 ha | 5,500 ha | 8,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,105 ha | 2,000 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 67,572 ha | 8,884 ha | 129,958 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,099 ha | 63,845 ha | 106,902 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,187 ha | 66,469 ha | 68,040 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
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- 40 Belgium-Luxembourg 66,612 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Angola?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Angola was 66,991 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 129,958 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1993.
- How does Angola rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 38th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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.