Potatoes — Area harvested in Latvia
Latvia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 7,100 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Latvia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 7,100 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.2% on the previous year and down 73.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Latvia peaked at 96,900 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 7,100 ha, in 2024.
Latvia ranks 108th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 74,688 ha | 50,100 ha | 96,900 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 46,180 ha | 30,000 ha | 55,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,140 ha | 9,900 ha | 30,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,720 ha | 7,100 ha | 8,500 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Latvia
- Agriculture share gdp 4.01 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.01 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2025)
- Rural population 31.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 579,603 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.95 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Latvia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Latvia was 7,100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 96,900 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,100 ha in 2024.
- How does Latvia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Latvia ranks 108th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Latvia 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.