Potatoes — Area harvested in Haiti
Haiti: Potatoes — Area harvested was 2,758 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Haiti is 2,758 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Haiti peaked at 3,488 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 1961.
That places Haiti 116th 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 Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 130 ha | — |
| 1962 | 190 ha | +46.2% |
| 1963 | 260 ha | +36.8% |
| 1964 | 320 ha | +23.1% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 420 ha | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 450 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 480 ha | +6.7% |
| 1972 | 480 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 621 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 594 ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 550 ha | -7.4% |
| 1993 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 478 ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 529 ha | +10.7% |
| 1996 | 500 ha | -5.5% |
| 1997 | 659 ha | +31.8% |
| 1998 | 850 ha | +29.0% |
| 1999 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 2001 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 2003 | 826 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 900 ha | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2006 | 995 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,100 ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 800 ha | -30.4% |
| 2010 | 2,065 ha | +158.1% |
| 2011 | 1,964 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 2,216 ha | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 3,488 ha | +57.4% |
| 2014 | 2,559 ha | -26.6% |
| 2015 | 2,615 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 2,887 ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 2,687 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 2,760 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,778 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,742 ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 2,760 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,754 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,758 ha | +0.1% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 2,758 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 11% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 2,758 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 88% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +158.1% | 800 ha | 2,065 ha |
| 2013 | +57.4% | 2,216 ha | 3,488 ha |
| 1962 | +46.2% | 130 ha | 190 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 335.56 ha | 130 ha | 450 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 516 ha | 450 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 600 ha | 600 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 618.1 ha | 478 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 922.1 ha | 800 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,602 ha | 1,964 ha | 3,488 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,755 ha | 2,742 ha | 2,760 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Haiti?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Haiti was 2,758 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 3,488 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 1961.
- How does Haiti rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Haiti ranks 116th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Haiti 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.