Potatoes — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 37,519 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Australia stood at 37,519 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Australia peaked at 46,029 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 27,057 ha, in 2020.
Australia ranks 58th 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 Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,152 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,219 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 46,029 ha | +20.4% |
| 1964 | 41,272 ha | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 35,579 ha | -13.8% |
| 1966 | 38,975 ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 40,196 ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 42,763 ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 45,906 ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 43,341 ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 38,619 ha | -10.9% |
| 1972 | 40,401 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 36,607 ha | -9.4% |
| 1974 | 34,101 ha | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 37,626 ha | +10.3% |
| 1976 | 33,417 ha | -11.2% |
| 1977 | 33,872 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 36,068 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 34,658 ha | -3.9% |
| 1980 | 36,661 ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 35,721 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 36,123 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 37,356 ha | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 37,945 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 38,384 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 35,795 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 36,685 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 39,840 ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 37,624 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 40,640 ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 39,816 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 39,767 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 38,807 ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 40,259 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 37,642 ha | -6.5% |
| 1996 | 41,812 ha | +11.1% |
| 1997 | 41,083 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 42,558 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 41,298 ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 42,162 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 39,622 ha | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 37,943 ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 35,899 ha | -5.4% |
| 2004 | 36,120 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 37,437 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 35,268 ha | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 34,096 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 36,965 ha | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 32,579 ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 36,379 ha | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 32,153 ha | -11.6% |
| 2012 | 33,670 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 33,034 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 29,505 ha | -10.7% |
| 2015 | 29,414 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 27,968 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 28,372 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 29,740 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 32,413 ha | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 27,057 ha | -16.5% |
| 2021 | 36,119 ha | +33.5% |
| 2022 | 35,939 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 36,063 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 37,519 ha | +4.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 37,519 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 3.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Australia's 37,519 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,358 ha, 3.6× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,677 ha | 35,579 ha | 46,029 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,871 ha | 33,417 ha | 43,341 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,213 ha | 35,721 ha | 39,840 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,368 ha | 37,642 ha | 42,558 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,809 ha | 32,579 ha | 42,162 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,265 ha | 27,968 ha | 36,379 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,539 ha | 27,057 ha | 37,519 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Australia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Australia was 37,519 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 46,029 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,057 ha in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 58th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.