Potatoes — Area harvested in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Potatoes — Area harvested was 100 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Potatoes — Area harvested in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Faroe Islands is 100 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Faroe Islands peaked at 135 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 69 ha, in 1974.
Faroe Islands ranks 154th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111.89 ha | 90 ha | 135 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 89.8 ha | 69 ha | 98 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99.8 ha | 95 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 108.3 ha | 106 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103.1 ha | 100 ha | 107 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 104 ha | 97 ha | 116 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.8 ha | 100 ha | 101 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 151 Cabo Verde 195 ha compare
- 152 El Salvador 187 ha compare
- 153 Belize 156 ha compare
- 155 Eritrea 90 ha compare
- 156 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53 ha compare
- 157 Qatar 49 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.07 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.07 (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value 6,675 1000 Int$ (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Faroe Islands?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Faroe Islands was 100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 135 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 69 ha in 1974.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Faroe Islands ranks 154th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.