Potatoes — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Potatoes — Area harvested was 3,074 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 3,074 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and down 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 6,577 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,220 ha, in 1961.
Bhutan ranks 112th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,220 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,380 ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 2,460 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 2,540 ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 2,570 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 2,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 2,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 2,770 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 2,950 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 3,150 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 3,230 ha | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 3,300 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 3,350 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 3,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 3,450 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 3,683 ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 3,900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1984 | 4,134 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 4,000 ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,100 ha | +27.5% |
| 1988 | 2,460 ha | -51.8% |
| 1989 | 2,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 2,612 ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 3,901 ha | +49.3% |
| 1992 | 4,025 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 3,942 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 3,825 ha | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 3,694 ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 3,180 ha | -13.9% |
| 1997 | 2,332 ha | -26.7% |
| 1998 | 2,394 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 2,776 ha | +16.0% |
| 2000 | 3,100 ha | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 3,500 ha | +12.9% |
| 2002 | 4,179 ha | +19.4% |
| 2003 | 4,131 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 3,422 ha | -17.2% |
| 2005 | 5,858 ha | +71.2% |
| 2006 | 6,577 ha | +12.3% |
| 2007 | 6,298 ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 5,747 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 4,918 ha | -14.4% |
| 2010 | 3,750 ha | -23.7% |
| 2011 | 6,317 ha | +68.5% |
| 2012 | 5,078 ha | -19.6% |
| 2013 | 3,927 ha | -22.7% |
| 2014 | 5,249 ha | +33.7% |
| 2015 | 4,862 ha | -7.4% |
| 2016 | 5,926 ha | +21.9% |
| 2017 | 5,192 ha | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 4,506 ha | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 4,187 ha | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 4,187 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,338 ha | -20.3% |
| 2022 | 3,166 ha | -5.2% |
| 2023 | 3,244 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 3,074 ha | -5.2% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 3,074 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 13% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 3,074 ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 211,505 ha, 1% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +71.2% | 3,422 ha | 5,858 ha |
| 2011 | +68.5% | 3,750 ha | 6,317 ha |
| 1988 | -51.8% | 5,100 ha | 2,460 ha |
| 1991 | +49.3% | 2,612 ha | 3,901 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,577 ha | 2,220 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,243 ha | 2,950 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,708 ha | 2,460 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,268 ha | 2,332 ha | 4,025 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,773 ha | 3,100 ha | 6,577 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,899 ha | 3,750 ha | 6,317 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,402 ha | 3,074 ha | 4,187 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Bhutan was 3,074 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,577 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,220 ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 112th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.