Potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Potatoes — Area harvested was 6,383 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Philippines is 6,383 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 10,292 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 2,190 ha, in 1961.
Philippines ranks 101st of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,190 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,230 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 2,570 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 2,510 ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 2,520 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 2,560 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 2,520 ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 3,020 ha | +19.8% |
| 1970 | 2,980 ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 2,940 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 3,640 ha | +23.8% |
| 1973 | 3,300 ha | -9.3% |
| 1974 | 4,050 ha | +22.7% |
| 1975 | 3,290 ha | -18.8% |
| 1976 | 3,100 ha | -5.8% |
| 1977 | 3,030 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 3,170 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | +26.2% |
| 1980 | 4,140 ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 3,830 ha | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 3,910 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 4,200 ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 3,880 ha | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 4,030 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 4,390 ha | +8.9% |
| 1987 | 4,911 ha | +11.9% |
| 1988 | 4,386 ha | -10.7% |
| 1989 | 4,144 ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 4,217 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 9,557 ha | +126.6% |
| 1992 | 10,292 ha | +7.7% |
| 1993 | 9,317 ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 10,112 ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 5,364 ha | -47.0% |
| 1996 | 6,424 ha | +19.8% |
| 1997 | 6,505 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 5,054 ha | -22.3% |
| 1999 | 5,242 ha | +3.7% |
| 2000 | 5,172 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 5,322 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 5,366 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 5,394 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 5,446 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 5,497 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 5,450 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 7,939 ha | +45.7% |
| 2008 | 7,994 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 7,904 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 8,129 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 8,171 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 8,096 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 7,890 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 7,868 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 7,843 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7,744 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 7,793 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 7,571 ha | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 7,514 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 7,213 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 6,551 ha | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 6,621 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 6,222 ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 6,383 ha | +2.6% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 6,383 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 15,744 ha, 41% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 6,383 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,358 ha, 62% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +126.6% | 4,217 ha | 9,557 ha |
| 1995 | -47.0% | 10,112 ha | 5,364 ha |
| 2007 | +45.7% | 5,450 ha | 7,939 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,513 ha | 2,190 ha | 3,020 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,350 ha | 2,940 ha | 4,050 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,182 ha | 3,830 ha | 4,911 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,208 ha | 4,217 ha | 10,292 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,148 ha | 5,172 ha | 7,994 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,862 ha | 7,514 ha | 8,171 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,598 ha | 6,222 ha | 7,213 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Philippines?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Philippines was 6,383 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 10,292 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,190 ha in 1961.
- How does Philippines rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 101st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.