Potatoes — Area harvested in Belgium
Belgium: Potatoes — Area harvested was 100,470 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Belgium is 100,470 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Belgium peaked at 100,470 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59,299 ha, in 2003.
That places Belgium 30th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Belgium, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 65,800 ha | — |
| 2001 | 62,200 ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 61,700 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 59,299 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 66,734 ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 64,953 ha | -2.7% |
| 2006 | 67,267 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 67,942 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 63,884 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 73,724 ha | +15.4% |
| 2010 | 81,760 ha | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 82,341 ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 64,500 ha | -21.7% |
| 2013 | 75,400 ha | +16.9% |
| 2014 | 81,121 ha | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 78,640 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 89,164 ha | +13.4% |
| 2017 | 92,855 ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 93,330 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 98,190 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 97,340 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 89,920 ha | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 91,940 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 95,700 ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 100,470 ha | +5.0% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 100,470 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 10.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 100,470 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 5.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 65,350 ha | 59,299 ha | 73,724 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 83,730 ha | 64,500 ha | 98,190 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 95,074 ha | 89,920 ha | 100,470 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
- 27 Caribbean 12,358 ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 195 ha compare
- 28 Colombia 109,791 ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 0 ha
- 29 Rwanda 104,518 ha compare
- 31 Serbia and Montenegro 95,347 ha compare
- 32 Malawi 75,977 ha compare
- 33 Romania 75,940 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Belgium?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Belgium was 100,470 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 100,470 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,299 ha in 2003.
- How does Belgium rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 30th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium 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.