Potatoes — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Potatoes — Area harvested was 1,017 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Panama is 1,017 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Panama peaked at 2,000 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 550 ha, in 1970.
That places Panama 125th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 680 ha | — |
| 1962 | 720 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 730 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 740 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 950 ha | +28.4% |
| 1966 | 870 ha | -8.4% |
| 1967 | 630 ha | -27.6% |
| 1968 | 790 ha | +25.4% |
| 1969 | 830 ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 550 ha | -33.7% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +118.2% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,530 ha | +27.5% |
| 1975 | 800 ha | -47.7% |
| 1976 | 871 ha | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 971 ha | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 746 ha | -23.2% |
| 1979 | 853 ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 1,100 ha | +29.0% |
| 1981 | 1,500 ha | +36.4% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,183 ha | -40.8% |
| 1987 | 1,127 ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 804 ha | -28.7% |
| 1989 | 843 ha | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 986 ha | +17.0% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,026 ha | -6.7% |
| 1995 | 1,380 ha | +34.5% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | -20.3% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 1,350 ha | +35.0% |
| 1999 | 850 ha | -37.0% |
| 2000 | 1,348 ha | +58.6% |
| 2001 | 1,256 ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 1,142 ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 1,050 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 1,101 ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 1,257 ha | +14.2% |
| 2006 | 861 ha | -31.5% |
| 2007 | 1,084 ha | +25.9% |
| 2008 | 868 ha | -19.9% |
| 2009 | 1,104 ha | +27.2% |
| 2010 | 1,032 ha | -6.5% |
| 2011 | 1,156 ha | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 1,115 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 902 ha | -19.1% |
| 2014 | 882 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 1,111 ha | +26.0% |
| 2016 | 1,250 ha | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 830 ha | -33.6% |
| 2018 | 953 ha | +14.8% |
| 2019 | 900 ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 1,236 ha | +37.3% |
| 2021 | 1,031 ha | -16.6% |
| 2022 | 1,033 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,031 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,017 ha | -1.4% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 1,017 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 10% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Panama's 1,017 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3,144 ha, 32% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +118.2% | 550 ha | 1,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 771.11 ha | 630 ha | 950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 992.1 ha | 550 ha | 1,530 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,356 ha | 804 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,089 ha | 850 ha | 1,380 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,107 ha | 861 ha | 1,348 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,013 ha | 830 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,070 ha | 1,017 ha | 1,236 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Panama?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Panama was 1,017 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 ha in 1970.
- How does Panama rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 125th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.