Potatoes — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Potatoes — Area harvested was 4,520 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Cuba stood at 4,520 ha.
The figure is down 8.4% on the previous year and up 76.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 17,731 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 2,568 ha, in 2014.
That places Cuba 114th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,315 ha | 6,800 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,195 ha | 5,208 ha | 13,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,797 ha | 12,717 ha | 16,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,798 ha | 12,164 ha | 17,731 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,058 ha | 9,769 ha | 13,404 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,902 ha | 2,568 ha | 8,671 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,100 ha | 4,520 ha | 5,570 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture share gdp 1.24 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.24 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
- Rural population 22.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 2.49 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.96 billion current US$ (2020)
- Bananas — Production 155,957 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Cuba?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Cuba was 4,520 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 17,731 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,568 ha in 2014.
- How does Cuba rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 114th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cuba 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.