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 109th of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,957 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,696 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 11,639 ha | +33.8% |
| 1964 | 9,365 ha | -19.5% |
| 1965 | 8,696 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 8,696 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 11,371 ha | +30.8% |
| 1968 | 11,505 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 10,034 ha | -12.8% |
| 1970 | 10,702 ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 8,696 ha | -18.7% |
| 1972 | 9,097 ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 8,696 ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 7,358 ha | -15.4% |
| 1975 | 6,020 ha | -18.2% |
| 1976 | 8,294 ha | +37.8% |
| 1977 | 8,696 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 6,020 ha | -30.8% |
| 1979 | 7,358 ha | +22.2% |
| 1980 | 8,227 ha | +11.8% |
| 1981 | 7,759 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 8,027 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 8,562 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 8,094 ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 7,090 ha | -12.4% |
| 1986 | 6,823 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 6,823 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,970 ha | +16.8% |
| 1989 | 8,220 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 8,000 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 8,690 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 9,625 ha | +10.8% |
| 1993 | 8,080 ha | -16.1% |
| 1994 | 7,500 ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 9,900 ha | +32.0% |
| 1996 | 9,125 ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | -23.3% |
| 1998 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 6,800 ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 6,500 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 5,715 ha | -12.1% |
| 2002 | 5,715 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,511 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 5,380 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 6,190 ha | +15.1% |
| 2006 | 4,290 ha | -30.7% |
| 2007 | 6,290 ha | +46.6% |
| 2008 | 5,110 ha | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 4,970 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 4,255 ha | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 5,065 ha | +19.0% |
| 2012 | 4,550 ha | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 4,638 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 4,912 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 4,735 ha | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 5,041 ha | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 4,219 ha | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 4,540 ha | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 3,880 ha | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 3,800 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 3,990 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 3,790 ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 3,320 ha | -12.4% |
| 2024 | 3,700 ha | +11.4% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 3,700 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 38% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 3,700 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 21% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (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 109th out of 153 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.