Potatoes — Area harvested in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Potatoes — Area harvested was 120,225 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Kazakhstan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Kazakhstan stood at 120,225 ha.
The figure is up 27.0% on the previous year and up 54.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Kazakhstan peaked at 242,600 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 58,000 ha, in 2010.
That places Kazakhstan 26th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Kazakhstan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 242,600 ha | — |
| 1993 | 238,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 213,100 ha | -10.7% |
| 1995 | 203,300 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 187,500 ha | -7.8% |
| 1997 | 175,100 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 164,700 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 157,600 ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 159,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 164,400 ha | +3.3% |
| 2002 | 162,900 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 166,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2004 | 168,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 167,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 153,500 ha | -8.6% |
| 2007 | 155,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 163,100 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 170,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 58,000 ha | -65.9% |
| 2011 | 70,000 ha | +20.7% |
| 2012 | 71,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 76,000 ha | +7.0% |
| 2014 | 78,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 81,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 81,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 87,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 96,984 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 98,017 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 98,732 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 100,586 ha | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 94,678 ha | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 120,225 ha | +27.0% |
Kazakhstan compared with similar countries
- Kazakhstan's 120,225 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 7.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Kazakhstan's 120,225 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 6.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Kazakhstan 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 | -65.9% | 170,000 ha | 58,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 197,825 ha | 157,600 ha | 242,600 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 163,000 ha | 153,500 ha | 170,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77,898 ha | 58,000 ha | 96,984 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 102,448 ha | 94,678 ha | 120,225 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kazakhstan
- 23 Algeria 135,414 ha compare
- 24 Brazil 124,818 ha compare
- 25 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 118,407 ha compare
- 27 Caribbean 12,358 ha compare
- 28 Cabo Verde 195 ha compare
- 28 Colombia 109,791 ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 0 ha
- 29 Rwanda 104,518 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kazakhstan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0374 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 550.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.3844 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3761 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 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Kazakhstan?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Kazakhstan was 120,225 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 242,600 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 58,000 ha in 2010.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Kazakhstan ranks 26th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 54.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.