Potatoes — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Potatoes — Area harvested was 64,918 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Mexico stood at 64,918 ha.
The figure is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 87,075 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 39,075 ha, in 1965.
That places Mexico 47th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 44,401 ha | 39,075 ha | 50,017 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,863 ha | 43,465 ha | 87,075 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,432 ha | 67,520 ha | 80,165 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 67,416 ha | 61,159 ha | 81,245 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 62,967 ha | 54,123 ha | 68,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,537 ha | 54,551 ha | 67,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,858 ha | 60,102 ha | 64,918 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 44 Afghanistan 66,587 ha compare
- 45 Kyrgyzstan 66,402 ha compare
- 46 Denmark 65,400 ha compare
- 48 United Republic of Tanzania 64,702 ha compare
- 49 Tajikistan 63,315 ha compare
- 50 Spain 61,390 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture share gdp 3.88 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3.88 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 20.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 26.34 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 71.18 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 2.67 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Mexico?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Mexico was 64,918 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 87,075 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,075 ha in 1965.
- How does Mexico rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 47th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.