Potatoes — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Potatoes — Area harvested was 530,809 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Northern America is 530,809 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 952,701 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 512,826 ha, in 2020.
Northern America ranks 16th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 685,205 ha | 628,237 ha | 724,268 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 655,610 ha | 610,582 ha | 706,798 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 624,114 ha | 573,810 ha | 666,659 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 874,543 ha | 674,400 ha | 947,660 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 872,698 ha | 782,192 ha | 952,701 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 560,307 ha | 517,659 ha | 606,854 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 528,400 ha | 512,826 ha | 543,032 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -12.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 117.58 million t (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production 13.58 million t (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 382 kg/An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,649 kg/An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 10.56 million An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 52.11 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 2,256 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Northern America?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Northern America was 530,809 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 952,701 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 512,826 ha in 2020.
- How does Northern America rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.