Potatoes — Area harvested in Kuwait
Kuwait: Potatoes — Area harvested was 419 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Kuwait, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kuwait recorded 419 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 12.7% on the previous year and down 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Kuwait peaked at 1,750 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Kuwait 135th 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 Kuwait, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 3 ha | — |
| 1972 | 1 ha | -66.7% |
| 1973 | 1 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 1975 | 1 ha | -50.0% |
| 1976 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 1977 | 10 ha | +400.0% |
| 1978 | 9 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 9 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 17 ha | +88.9% |
| 1981 | 19 ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 40 ha | +100.0% |
| 1984 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 31 ha | -22.5% |
| 1986 | 33 ha | +6.5% |
| 1987 | 75 ha | +127.3% |
| 1988 | 130 ha | +73.3% |
| 1989 | 90 ha | -30.8% |
| 1990 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 30 ha | -62.5% |
| 1992 | 14 ha | -53.3% |
| 1993 | 38 ha | +171.4% |
| 1994 | 122 ha | +221.1% |
| 1995 | 336 ha | +175.4% |
| 1996 | 690 ha | +105.4% |
| 1997 | 778 ha | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 772 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 867 ha | +12.3% |
| 2000 | 637 ha | -26.5% |
| 2001 | 671 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 625 ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 733 ha | +17.3% |
| 2004 | 826 ha | +12.7% |
| 2005 | 990 ha | +19.9% |
| 2006 | 1,242 ha | +25.5% |
| 2007 | 980 ha | -21.1% |
| 2008 | 1,262 ha | +28.8% |
| 2009 | 1,228 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 1,328 ha | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 1,650 ha | +24.2% |
| 2012 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,750 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 1,142 ha | -34.7% |
| 2015 | 790 ha | -30.8% |
| 2016 | 549 ha | -30.5% |
| 2017 | 830 ha | +51.2% |
| 2018 | 581 ha | -30.0% |
| 2019 | 734 ha | +26.3% |
| 2020 | 900 ha | +22.6% |
| 2021 | 910 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 405 ha | -55.5% |
| 2023 | 480 ha | +18.5% |
| 2024 | 419 ha | -12.7% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 419 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 4% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 419 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 3% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Kuwait 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +400.0% | 2 ha | 10 ha |
| 1994 | +221.1% | 38 ha | 122 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3.8 ha | 0 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49.5 ha | 17 ha | 130 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 372.7 ha | 14 ha | 867 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 919.4 ha | 625 ha | 1,262 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,105 ha | 549 ha | 1,750 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 622.8 ha | 405 ha | 910 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Kuwait?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Kuwait was 419 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 1,750 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Kuwait rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Kuwait ranks 135th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 63.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.