Potatoes — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Potatoes — Area harvested was 49,090 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Italy stood at 49,090 ha.
That represents a change of up 8.0% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Italy peaked at 385,952 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 45,450 ha, in 2023.
That places Italy 53rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 | 350,753 ha | 305,860 ha | 385,952 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 196,037 ha | 168,770 ha | 286,422 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 140,220 ha | 124,646 ha | 161,328 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,448 ha | 85,535 ha | 120,481 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,633 ha | 69,513 ha | 81,894 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 52,599 ha | 46,430 ha | 62,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,124 ha | 45,450 ha | 49,090 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 50 Spain 61,390 ha compare
- 51 Argentina 59,019 ha compare
- 52 Turkmenistan 53,855 ha compare
- 54 Ethiopia PDR 48,500 ha compare
- 55 Australia and New Zealand 47,877 ha compare
- 56 Azerbaijan 45,450 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture share gdp 2.07 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.07 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
- Rural population 30.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 17.86 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 52.70 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Italy?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Italy was 49,090 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 385,952 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,450 ha in 2023.
- How does Italy rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 53rd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.