Potatoes — Area harvested in Lithuania
Lithuania: Potatoes — Area harvested was 14,670 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Lithuania, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Lithuania stood at 14,670 ha. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 46.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Lithuania peaked at 136,200 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 14,670 ha, in 2024.
That places Lithuania 81st out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 113,700 ha | — |
| 1993 | 121,900 ha | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 116,500 ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 124,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 125,300 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 121,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 136,200 ha | +12.4% |
| 1999 | 121,100 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 109,300 ha | -9.7% |
| 2001 | 102,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 99,200 ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 93,600 ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 79,300 ha | -15.3% |
| 2005 | 73,950 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 57,800 ha | -21.8% |
| 2007 | 52,800 ha | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 48,400 ha | -8.3% |
| 2009 | 46,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 2010 | 36,600 ha | -21.5% |
| 2011 | 37,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 32,200 ha | -14.6% |
| 2013 | 28,700 ha | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 27,300 ha | -4.9% |
| 2015 | 23,505 ha | -13.9% |
| 2016 | 22,108 ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 19,351 ha | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 18,690 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 18,220 ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 18,870 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 15,330 ha | -18.8% |
| 2022 | 15,180 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 14,730 ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 14,670 ha | -0.4% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 14,670 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 1.5× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 14,670 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 83% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 122,550 ha | 113,700 ha | 136,200 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 76,345 ha | 46,600 ha | 109,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,437 ha | 18,220 ha | 37,700 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,756 ha | 14,670 ha | 18,870 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More agriculture & rural data for Lithuania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 748.66 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7947 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Lithuania?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Lithuania was 14,670 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 136,200 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,670 ha in 2024.
- How does Lithuania rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Lithuania ranks 81st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lithuania 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.