Potatoes — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Potatoes — Area harvested was 7,950 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Hungary, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Hungary stood at 7,950 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and down 62.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 268,864 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 7,570 ha, in 2023.
Hungary ranks 104th of 167 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 229,825 ha | 177,393 ha | 268,864 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 130,014 ha | 104,831 ha | 174,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,181 ha | 67,268 ha | 92,811 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,903 ha | 52,642 ha | 79,445 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,040 ha | 22,328 ha | 46,743 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,656 ha | 13,290 ha | 25,080 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,550 ha | 7,570 ha | 10,270 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture share gdp 2.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 29.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 2.79 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.54 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Hungary?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Hungary was 7,950 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 268,864 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,570 ha in 2023.
- How does Hungary rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 104th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Hungary 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.