Potatoes — Area harvested in Pakistan
Pakistan: Potatoes — Area harvested was 338,715 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Pakistan is 338,715 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 111.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Pakistan peaked at 340,576 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 13,000 ha, in 1963.
Pakistan ranks 8th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,800 ha | -8.0% |
| 1963 | 13,000 ha | -5.8% |
| 1964 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1965 | 18,600 ha | +24.0% |
| 1966 | 17,000 ha | -8.6% |
| 1967 | 19,000 ha | +11.8% |
| 1968 | 20,200 ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 21,043 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 17,000 ha | -19.2% |
| 1971 | 20,200 ha | +18.8% |
| 1972 | 22,970 ha | +13.7% |
| 1973 | 23,300 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 23,479 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 27,688 ha | +17.9% |
| 1976 | 28,582 ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 25,758 ha | -9.9% |
| 1978 | 29,785 ha | +15.6% |
| 1979 | 37,700 ha | +26.6% |
| 1980 | 42,900 ha | +13.8% |
| 1981 | 38,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1982 | 45,265 ha | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 51,538 ha | +13.9% |
| 1984 | 49,587 ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 54,516 ha | +9.9% |
| 1986 | 62,938 ha | +15.4% |
| 1987 | 60,548 ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 58,114 ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 63,900 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 79,900 ha | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 71,931 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 75,613 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 75,953 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 79,311 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 79,259 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 78,900 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 85,807 ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 104,674 ha | +22.0% |
| 1999 | 109,447 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 110,505 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 101,453 ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 105,220 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 115,832 ha | +10.1% |
| 2004 | 109,700 ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 112,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 117,500 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 133,400 ha | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 154,300 ha | +15.7% |
| 2009 | 145,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 138,500 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 159,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 2012 | 185,000 ha | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 174,369 ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 159,831 ha | -8.3% |
| 2015 | 170,517 ha | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 177,297 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 179,620 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 193,992 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 195,654 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 185,360 ha | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 234,321 ha | +26.4% |
| 2022 | 314,125 ha | +34.1% |
| 2023 | 340,576 ha | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 338,715 ha | -0.5% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 338,715 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 24,053 ha, 14.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 338,715 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 21.6× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,960 ha | 13,000 ha | 21,043 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,646 ha | 17,000 ha | 37,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 52,731 ha | 38,000 ha | 63,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 84,080 ha | 71,931 ha | 109,447 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 120,491 ha | 101,453 ha | 154,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173,408 ha | 138,500 ha | 195,654 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 282,619 ha | 185,360 ha | 340,576 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 5 Ukraine 1.21 million ha compare
- 6 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 128,911 ha compare
- 6 Russian Federation 1.05 million ha compare
- 7 Bangladesh 456,979 ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 90,519 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 64,702 ha compare
- 9 Peru 337,281 ha compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 28,124 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia 332,146 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24,254 ha compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,914 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 327,188 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Pakistan?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Pakistan was 338,715 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 340,576 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,000 ha in 1963.
- How does Pakistan rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Pakistan ranks 8th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.