Potatoes — Area harvested in Belarus
Belarus: Potatoes — Area harvested was 141,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Belarus stood at 141,000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.5% on the previous year and down 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Belarus peaked at 779,000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 141,000 ha, in 2024.
That places Belarus 24th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 715,625 ha | 661,000 ha | 779,000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 496,734 ha | 382,981 ha | 661,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 272,942 ha | 188,100 ha | 366,766 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 165,880 ha | 141,000 ha | 177,400 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 21 Czechoslovakia 161,787 ha
- 22 Canada 156,309 ha compare
- 23 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 152,670 ha compare
- 25 Algeria 135,414 ha compare
- 26 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 128,911 ha compare
- 27 Brazil 124,818 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belarus
- Agriculture share gdp 6.9 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.9 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2021)
- Rural population 20.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 1.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.44 billion current US$ (2025)
- Tomatoes — Production 346,979 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Belarus?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Belarus was 141,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 779,000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 141,000 ha in 2024.
- How does Belarus rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Belarus ranks 24th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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.