Potatoes — Area harvested in Finland
Finland: Potatoes — Area harvested was 17,700 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Finland is 17,700 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 7.3% on the previous year and down 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Finland peaked at 76,942 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 16,500 ha, in 2023.
That places Finland 76th out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Finland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 76,942 ha | — |
| 1962 | 73,640 ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 76,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 71,100 ha | -7.2% |
| 1965 | 72,700 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 67,700 ha | -6.9% |
| 1967 | 64,500 ha | -4.7% |
| 1968 | 64,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 58,200 ha | -9.8% |
| 1970 | 60,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 49,800 ha | -17.1% |
| 1972 | 47,500 ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 45,800 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 47,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 48,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 52,700 ha | +8.7% |
| 1977 | 46,400 ha | -12.0% |
| 1978 | 44,300 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 42,700 ha | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 40,900 ha | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 36,900 ha | -9.8% |
| 1982 | 39,100 ha | +6.0% |
| 1983 | 45,300 ha | +15.9% |
| 1984 | 41,300 ha | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 39,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 39,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 41,700 ha | +5.8% |
| 1988 | 44,800 ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 44,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 41,000 ha | -8.5% |
| 1991 | 36,200 ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 34,900 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 36,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 36,500 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 36,100 ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 34,800 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 33,200 ha | -4.6% |
| 1998 | 32,800 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 32,300 ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 32,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 30,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 29,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 28,700 ha | -3.7% |
| 2004 | 27,300 ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 28,900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 28,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 27,300 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 26,200 ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 26,400 ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 25,200 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 24,400 ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 20,700 ha | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 22,100 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 22,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 21,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 21,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 21,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 21,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 21,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 20,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 20,330 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 19,060 ha | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 16,500 ha | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 17,700 ha | +7.3% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 17,700 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 1.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Finland's 17,700 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 1.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 69,542 ha | 58,200 ha | 76,942 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,530 ha | 42,700 ha | 60,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,360 ha | 36,900 ha | 45,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,420 ha | 32,300 ha | 41,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,480 ha | 26,200 ha | 32,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,200 ha | 20,700 ha | 25,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,858 ha | 16,500 ha | 20,700 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Finland?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Finland was 17,700 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 76,942 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,500 ha in 2023.
- How does Finland rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Finland ranks 76th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland 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.