Potatoes — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Potatoes — Area harvested was 3,700 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Cyprus stood at 3,700 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.4% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 11,639 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 3,320 ha, in 2023.
Cyprus ranks 119th of 167 countries on this measure, 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 | 9,662 ha | 6,957 ha | 11,639 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,094 ha | 6,020 ha | 10,702 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,760 ha | 6,823 ha | 8,562 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,222 ha | 6,800 ha | 9,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,567 ha | 4,290 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,584 ha | 3,880 ha | 5,065 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,720 ha | 3,320 ha | 3,990 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture share gdp 1.12 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.12 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 33.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 456,529 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 459.84 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 5,870 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Cyprus was 3,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 11,639 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,320 ha in 2023.
- How does Cyprus rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 119th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.