Potatoes — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Potatoes — Area harvested was 10,408 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Mali, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Mali stood at 10,408 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Mali peaked at 13,689 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 1,500 ha, in 1990.
Mali ranks 90th of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 2,119 ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 2,500 ha | +18.0% |
| 1994 | 2,440 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 2,575 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 2,742 ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 2,831 ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 3,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 3,167 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 3,357 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 3,500 ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 3,662 ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 3,790 ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 3,488 ha | -8.0% |
| 2005 | 3,975 ha | +14.0% |
| 2006 | 4,388 ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 4,759 ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 6,970 ha | +46.5% |
| 2009 | 3,800 ha | -45.5% |
| 2010 | 3,726 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 6,083 ha | +63.3% |
| 2012 | 6,980 ha | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 7,745 ha | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 8,543 ha | +10.3% |
| 2015 | 9,666 ha | +13.1% |
| 2016 | 10,525 ha | +8.9% |
| 2017 | 11,750 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 13,689 ha | +16.5% |
| 2019 | 13,459 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 9,588 ha | -28.8% |
| 2021 | 9,615 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 11,458 ha | +19.2% |
| 2023 | 9,985 ha | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 10,408 ha | +4.2% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 10,408 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 25% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Mali's 10,408 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 74% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +63.3% | 3,726 ha | 6,083 ha |
| 2009 | -45.5% | 6,970 ha | 3,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,487 ha | 1,500 ha | 3,167 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,169 ha | 3,357 ha | 6,970 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,217 ha | 3,726 ha | 13,689 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,211 ha | 9,588 ha | 11,458 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Mali?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Mali was 10,408 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 13,689 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 ha in 1990.
- How does Mali rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 90th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.