Potatoes — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Potatoes — Area harvested was 59,019 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Argentina stood at 59,019 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 203,733 ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 59,019 ha, in 2024.
Argentina ranks 51st of 167 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 180,582 ha | 143,431 ha | 203,733 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 131,397 ha | 107,800 ha | 189,710 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 108,687 ha | 101,849 ha | 116,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,030 ha | 78,826 ha | 116,169 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,648 ha | 63,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,749 ha | 67,896 ha | 76,171 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,036 ha | 59,019 ha | 86,222 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 48 United Republic of Tanzania 64,702 ha compare
- 49 Tajikistan 63,315 ha compare
- 50 Spain 61,390 ha compare
- 52 Turkmenistan 53,855 ha compare
- 53 Italy 49,090 ha compare
- 54 Ethiopia PDR 48,500 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture share gdp 5.53 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.53 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 7.6% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 3.51 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 37.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 177,082 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Argentina?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Argentina was 59,019 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 203,733 ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,019 ha in 2024.
- How does Argentina rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 51st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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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About this data
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.