Potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Potatoes — Area harvested was 241 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Comoros stood at 241 ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 241 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20 ha, in 2003.
Comoros ranks 139th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 25 ha | — |
| 1991 | 30 ha | +20.0% |
| 1992 | 35 ha | +16.7% |
| 1993 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
| 1995 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 57 ha | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 65 ha | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 68 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 90 ha | +32.4% |
| 2000 | 65 ha | -27.8% |
| 2001 | 60 ha | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 25 ha | -58.3% |
| 2003 | 20 ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 22 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 26 ha | +18.2% |
| 2006 | 30 ha | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 33 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 92 ha | +178.8% |
| 2009 | 114 ha | +23.9% |
| 2010 | 125 ha | +9.6% |
| 2011 | 136 ha | +8.8% |
| 2012 | 147 ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 157 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 168 ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 176 ha | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 184 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 192 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 200 ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 209 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 217 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 224 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 232 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 236 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 241 ha | +2.1% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 241 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 1% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 241 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 2% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +178.8% | 33 ha | 92 ha |
| 2002 | -58.3% | 60 ha | 25 ha |
| 2000 | -27.8% | 90 ha | 65 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.5 ha | 25 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 48.7 ha | 20 ha | 114 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 169.4 ha | 125 ha | 209 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 230 ha | 217 ha | 241 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 136 Iceland 413 ha compare
- 137 Mauritania 405 ha compare
- 138 New Caledonia 305 ha compare
- 140 Papua New Guinea 218 ha compare
- 141 El Salvador 187 ha compare
- 142 Belize 156 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Comoros?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Comoros was 241 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 241 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 ha in 2003.
- How does Comoros rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 139th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros 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.