Potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 305 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 305 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 26.3% on the previous year and up 86.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in New Caledonia peaked at 414 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 18 ha, in 2013.
New Caledonia ranks 138th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 130 ha | -27.8% |
| 1964 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +25.0% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1975 | 109 ha | -45.5% |
| 1976 | 180 ha | +65.1% |
| 1977 | 330 ha | +83.3% |
| 1978 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 350 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 180 ha | -55.0% |
| 1984 | 156 ha | -13.3% |
| 1985 | 170 ha | +9.0% |
| 1986 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 144 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 150 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 154 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 180 ha | +16.9% |
| 1994 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 140 ha | -26.3% |
| 1996 | 120 ha | -14.3% |
| 1997 | 105 ha | -12.5% |
| 1998 | 85 ha | -19.0% |
| 1999 | 135 ha | +58.8% |
| 2000 | 110 ha | -18.5% |
| 2001 | 175 ha | +59.1% |
| 2002 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 100 ha | -44.4% |
| 2004 | 130 ha | +30.0% |
| 2005 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 175 ha | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 150 ha | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 90 ha | -40.0% |
| 2011 | 170 ha | +88.9% |
| 2012 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 18 ha | -89.4% |
| 2014 | 164 ha | +811.1% |
| 2015 | 64 ha | -61.0% |
| 2016 | 166 ha | +159.4% |
| 2017 | 231 ha | +39.2% |
| 2018 | 324 ha | +40.3% |
| 2019 | 325 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 365 ha | +12.3% |
| 2021 | 316 ha | -13.4% |
| 2022 | 50 ha | -84.2% |
| 2023 | 414 ha | +728.0% |
| 2024 | 305 ha | -26.3% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 305 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 3% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 305 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,358 ha, 3% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +811.1% | 18 ha | 164 ha |
| 2023 | +728.0% | 50 ha | 414 ha |
| 2016 | +159.4% | 64 ha | 166 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152.22 ha | 120 ha | 180 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 219.9 ha | 109 ha | 350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 232.6 ha | 156 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 140.3 ha | 85 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 152 ha | 100 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 172.2 ha | 18 ha | 325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 290 ha | 50 ha | 414 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 135 Kuwait 419 ha compare
- 136 Iceland 413 ha compare
- 137 Mauritania 405 ha compare
- 139 Comoros 241 ha compare
- 140 Papua New Guinea 218 ha compare
- 141 El Salvador 187 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in New Caledonia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in New Caledonia was 305 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 414 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 ha in 2013.
- How does New Caledonia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- New Caledonia ranks 138th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 86.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.