Potatoes — Area harvested in Iceland
Iceland: Potatoes — Area harvested was 413 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Iceland is 413 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 12.1% on the previous year and down 31.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Iceland peaked at 1,500 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 340 ha, in 1968.
That places Iceland 136th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Iceland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 710 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 710 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 710 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | -43.7% |
| 1967 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 340 ha | -32.0% |
| 1969 | 590 ha | +73.5% |
| 1970 | 660 ha | +11.9% |
| 1971 | 1,390 ha | +110.6% |
| 1972 | 1,050 ha | -24.5% |
| 1973 | 650 ha | -38.1% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1975 | 700 ha | -30.0% |
| 1976 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1979 | 800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1980 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 860 ha | -14.0% |
| 1982 | 950 ha | +10.5% |
| 1983 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1991 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1993 | 800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1994 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 954 ha | +19.2% |
| 1999 | 700 ha | -26.6% |
| 2000 | 681 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 800 ha | +17.5% |
| 2002 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 750 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 712 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 712 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 712 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 712 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 712 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 516 ha | -27.5% |
| 2012 | 505 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 500 ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 600 ha | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 400 ha | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 470 ha | +4.4% |
| 2024 | 413 ha | -12.1% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 413 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 4% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 413 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 2% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Iceland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +110.6% | 660 ha | 1,390 ha |
| 1969 | +73.5% | 340 ha | 590 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 595.56 ha | 340 ha | 710 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 885 ha | 650 ha | 1,390 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 971 ha | 860 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 925.4 ha | 700 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 742.9 ha | 681 ha | 800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 583.3 ha | 500 ha | 712 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 436.6 ha | 400 ha | 470 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Iceland?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Iceland was 413 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 340 ha in 1968.
- How does Iceland rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Iceland ranks 136th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.