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 39th out of 153 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.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,776 ha | +51.8% |
| 1963 | 24,895 ha | +9.3% |
| 1964 | 18,200 ha | -26.9% |
| 1965 | 25,788 ha | +41.7% |
| 1966 | 26,096 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 24,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1969 | 28,000 ha | +40.0% |
| 1970 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 19,491 ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 16,411 ha | -15.8% |
| 1977 | 25,000 ha | +52.3% |
| 1978 | 33,600 ha | +34.4% |
| 1979 | 40,000 ha | +19.0% |
| 1980 | 38,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 28,300 ha | -25.5% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +41.3% |
| 1983 | 40,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 38,700 ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 48,400 ha | +25.1% |
| 1986 | 44,200 ha | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 35,500 ha | -19.7% |
| 1988 | 51,400 ha | +44.8% |
| 1989 | 54,800 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 51,298 ha | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 62,452 ha | +21.7% |
| 1992 | 60,656 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 56,300 ha | -7.2% |
| 1994 | 58,800 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 53,600 ha | -8.8% |
| 1996 | 65,600 ha | +22.4% |
| 1997 | 66,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 58,500 ha | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 62,215 ha | +6.4% |
| 2000 | 60,510 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 61,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 57,520 ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 64,355 ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 61,320 ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 62,100 ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 59,600 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 57,958 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 62,800 ha | +8.4% |
| 2009 | 63,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 56,600 ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 57,846 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 59,217 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 53,048 ha | -10.4% |
| 2014 | 63,515 ha | +19.7% |
| 2015 | 64,515 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 59,435 ha | -7.9% |
| 2017 | 64,293 ha | +8.2% |
| 2018 | 62,033 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 62,463 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 57,534 ha | -7.9% |
| 2021 | 51,787 ha | -10.0% |
| 2022 | 53,882 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 57,096 ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 66,932 ha | +17.2% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 66,932 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 2.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 66,932 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 4.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
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
- 36 Indonesia 67,488 ha compare
- 37 Uganda 67,279 ha compare
- 38 Angola 66,991 ha compare
- 40 Belgium-Luxembourg 66,612 ha compare
- 41 Afghanistan 66,587 ha compare
- 42 Kyrgyzstan 66,402 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (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 39th out of 153 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.