Potatoes — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Potatoes — Area harvested was 124,818 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 124,818 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 226,728 ha in 1968 and was at its lowest, 116,422 ha, in 2021.
Brazil ranks 24th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 191,255 ha | — |
| 1962 | 196,198 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 199,788 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 208,674 ha | +4.4% |
| 1965 | 202,257 ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 199,308 ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 217,423 ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 226,728 ha | +4.3% |
| 1969 | 221,049 ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 214,155 ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 208,051 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 202,432 ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 188,644 ha | -6.8% |
| 1974 | 192,312 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 191,216 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 199,641 ha | +4.4% |
| 1977 | 195,767 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 211,315 ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 204,118 ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 181,084 ha | -11.3% |
| 1981 | 170,982 ha | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 182,504 ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 169,070 ha | -7.4% |
| 1984 | 172,633 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 155,235 ha | -10.1% |
| 1986 | 160,657 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 176,941 ha | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 172,894 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 156,722 ha | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 158,326 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 161,626 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 173,185 ha | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 162,063 ha | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 171,853 ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 176,767 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 164,672 ha | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 174,830 ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 177,972 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 176,481 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 151,731 ha | -14.0% |
| 2001 | 153,984 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 161,124 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 151,850 ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 142,704 ha | -6.0% |
| 2005 | 142,219 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 140,826 ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 147,719 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 144,916 ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 138,692 ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 137,044 ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 149,212 ha | +8.9% |
| 2012 | 135,970 ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 128,056 ha | -5.8% |
| 2014 | 132,058 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 131,931 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 129,842 ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 118,130 ha | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 119,609 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 116,846 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 117,253 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 116,422 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 118,713 ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 123,455 ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 124,818 ha | +1.1% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 124,818 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 7.9× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 124,818 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 39.7× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 206,964 ha | 191,255 ha | 226,728 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 200,765 ha | 188,644 ha | 214,155 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 169,872 ha | 155,235 ha | 182,504 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 169,778 ha | 158,326 ha | 177,972 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 147,576 ha | 138,692 ha | 161,124 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 129,870 ha | 116,846 ha | 149,212 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 120,132 ha | 116,422 ha | 124,818 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 152,670 ha compare
- 22 Belarus 141,000 ha compare
- 23 Algeria 135,414 ha compare
- 25 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 120,225 ha compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
- 27 Caribbean 12,358 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Brazil?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Brazil was 124,818 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 226,728 ha in 1968.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 116,422 ha in 2021.
- How does Brazil rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 24th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil 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.