Potatoes — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Potatoes — Area harvested was 66,932 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Morocco stood at 66,932 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 17.2% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 66,932 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Morocco 42nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,751 ha | 15,000 ha | 28,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,050 ha | 16,411 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,990 ha | 28,300 ha | 54,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 59,582 ha | 51,298 ha | 66,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,086 ha | 57,520 ha | 64,355 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 60,296 ha | 53,048 ha | 64,515 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,446 ha | 51,787 ha | 66,932 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 39 Indonesia 67,488 ha compare
- 40 Uganda 67,279 ha compare
- 41 Angola 66,991 ha compare
- 43 Belgium-Luxembourg 66,612 ha compare
- 44 Afghanistan 66,587 ha compare
- 45 Kyrgyzstan 66,402 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture share gdp 10.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 10.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 36.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 14.17 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 19.23 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 310,110 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Morocco?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Morocco was 66,932 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 66,932 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 42nd out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.