Potatoes — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Potatoes — Area harvested was 90 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 90 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 5,400 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 26 ha, in 2010.
That places Eritrea 144th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 5,065 ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 4,998 ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 4,900 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 5,200 ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | -7.4% |
| 2000 | 4,068 ha | -18.6% |
| 2001 | 3,000 ha | -26.3% |
| 2002 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 2003 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,205 ha | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 1,526 ha | -30.8% |
| 2007 | 417 ha | -72.7% |
| 2008 | 276 ha | -33.8% |
| 2009 | 85 ha | -69.2% |
| 2010 | 26 ha | -69.4% |
| 2011 | 74 ha | +184.6% |
| 2012 | 90 ha | +21.6% |
| 2013 | 99 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 90 ha | -9.1% |
| 2015 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 90 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 0% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 90 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +184.6% | 26 ha | 74 ha |
| 2007 | -72.7% | 1,526 ha | 417 ha |
| 2010 | -69.4% | 85 ha | 26 ha |
| 2009 | -69.2% | 276 ha | 85 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,080 ha | 4,900 ha | 5,400 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,908 ha | 85 ha | 4,068 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 82.9 ha | 26 ha | 99 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 90 ha | 90 ha | 90 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 141 El Salvador 187 ha compare
- 142 Belize 156 ha compare
- 143 Faroe Islands 100 ha compare
- 145 Qatar 49 ha compare
- 146 United Arab Emirates 47 ha compare
- 147 Benin 43 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Eritrea was 90 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 5,400 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 ha in 2010.
- How does Eritrea rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 144th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.