Potatoes — Area harvested in Mongolia
Mongolia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 19,614 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Mongolia stood at 19,614 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Mongolia peaked at 21,416 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,700 ha, in 1961.
That places Mongolia 73rd 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 Mongolia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,500 ha | +164.7% |
| 1963 | 2,700 ha | -40.0% |
| 1964 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 3,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 1968 | 3,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 2,700 ha | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 3,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 2,800 ha | -15.2% |
| 1973 | 3,400 ha | +21.4% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1975 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 4,700 ha | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 5,700 ha | +21.3% |
| 1978 | 6,500 ha | +14.0% |
| 1979 | 7,300 ha | +12.3% |
| 1980 | 7,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 4,700 ha | -36.5% |
| 1982 | 7,500 ha | +59.6% |
| 1983 | 9,600 ha | +28.0% |
| 1984 | 9,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 10,300 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 11,152 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 12,421 ha | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 13,144 ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 12,621 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 12,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 11,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 8,700 ha | -20.9% |
| 1993 | 8,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 7,800 ha | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 6,226 ha | -20.2% |
| 1996 | 6,933 ha | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 6,589 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 8,116 ha | +23.2% |
| 1999 | 8,756 ha | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 7,883 ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 8,859 ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 10,233 ha | +15.5% |
| 2003 | 8,421 ha | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 9,079 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 9,758 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 10,723 ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 11,462 ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 12,291 ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 13,525 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 13,814 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 15,376 ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 16,821 ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 15,503 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 13,205 ha | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 12,839 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 15,024 ha | +17.0% |
| 2017 | 13,052 ha | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 12,775 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 17,034 ha | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 17,596 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 21,416 ha | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 21,015 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 19,425 ha | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 19,614 ha | +1.0% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 19,614 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 19,614 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,358 ha, 1.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Mongolia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +164.7% | 1,700 ha | 4,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,922 ha | 1,700 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,490 ha | 2,800 ha | 7,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,854 ha | 4,700 ha | 13,144 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,522 ha | 6,226 ha | 12,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,223 ha | 7,883 ha | 13,525 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,544 ha | 12,775 ha | 17,034 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,813 ha | 17,596 ha | 21,416 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Mongolia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Mongolia was 19,614 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,416 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Mongolia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Mongolia ranks 73rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.