Potatoes — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Potatoes — Area harvested was 282,200 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Germany is 282,200 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Germany peaked at 1.71 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 236,700 ha, in 2015.
That places Germany 13th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.66 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.71 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 1.67 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 1.60 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 1.51 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 1.43 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 1.39 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 1.33 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 1.19 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1970 | 1.26 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 1.21 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 1.15 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 1.13 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 1.10 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 989,644 ha | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 1.01 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 987,192 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 933,928 ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 873,990 ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 819,108 ha | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 778,642 ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 768,466 ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 732,499 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 731,491 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 717,942 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 690,216 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 670,141 ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 656,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 645,930 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 561,404 ha | -13.1% |
| 1991 | 341,782 ha | -39.1% |
| 1992 | 360,914 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 312,332 ha | -13.5% |
| 1994 | 293,421 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 315,173 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 335,804 ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 303,584 ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 297,267 ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 308,501 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 304,380 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 282,100 ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 284,078 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 287,264 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 295,266 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 276,900 ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 274,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 274,961 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 259,800 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 263,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 254,367 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 258,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 238,300 ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 242,800 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 244,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 236,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 242,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 250,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 252,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 271,600 ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 273,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 258,300 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 266,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 264,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 282,200 ha | +6.6% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 282,200 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 28.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Germany's 282,200 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 16.0× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Germany 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -39.1% | 561,404 ha | 341,782 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.50 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 873,990 ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 721,124 ha | 645,930 ha | 819,108 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343,018 ha | 293,421 ha | 561,404 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 280,275 ha | 259,800 ha | 304,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 249,257 ha | 236,700 ha | 271,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 269,020 ha | 258,300 ha | 282,200 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
- 10 Ethiopia 332,146 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24,254 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,914 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 327,188 ha compare
- 12 Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 20,733 ha compare
- 14 Egypt 268,565 ha compare
- 15 Kenya 225,948 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 1,339 ha compare
- 16 France 217,680 ha compare
- 16 Melanesia 523 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Germany?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Germany was 282,200 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.71 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 236,700 ha in 2015.
- How does Germany rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 13th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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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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.