Potatoes — Area harvested in Poland
Poland: Potatoes — Area harvested was 196,150 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Poland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Poland is 196,150 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Poland peaked at 2.91 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 188,580 ha, in 2023.
Poland ranks 18th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Poland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2.82 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 2.91 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 2.84 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 2.83 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 2.77 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 2.71 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1967 | 2.74 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 2.72 million ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 2.72 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1970 | 2.73 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 2.67 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1972 | 2.66 million ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 2.68 million ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 2.68 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 2.58 million ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 2.47 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1977 | 2.44 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1978 | 2.36 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 2.44 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 2.34 million ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 2.26 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 2.18 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 2.22 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 2.15 million ha | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 2.10 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 2.01 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 1.93 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 1.87 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 1.86 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1.84 million ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 1.73 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1992 | 1.76 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 1.76 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 1.70 million ha | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 1.52 million ha | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 1.34 million ha | -11.9% |
| 1997 | 1.31 million ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 1.30 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 1.27 million ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 1.25 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 1.19 million ha | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 803,378 ha | -32.7% |
| 2003 | 765,771 ha | -4.7% |
| 2004 | 713,250 ha | -6.9% |
| 2005 | 588,184 ha | -17.5% |
| 2006 | 597,230 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 569,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 548,884 ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 507,952 ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 400,696 ha | -21.1% |
| 2011 | 406,439 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 373,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 346,134 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 276,927 ha | -20.0% |
| 2015 | 300,355 ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 309,896 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 329,323 ha | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 290,970 ha | -11.6% |
| 2019 | 302,480 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 226,070 ha | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 235,830 ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 196,110 ha | -16.8% |
| 2023 | 188,580 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 196,150 ha | +4.0% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 196,150 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 20.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Poland's 196,150 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 17,594 ha, 11.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -32.7% | 1.19 million ha | 803,378 ha |
| 2020 | -25.3% | 302,480 ha | 226,070 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.78 million ha | 2.71 million ha | 2.91 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2.57 million ha | 2.36 million ha | 2.73 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.09 million ha | 1.86 million ha | 2.34 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.55 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.84 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 753,910 ha | 507,952 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 333,622 ha | 276,927 ha | 406,439 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 208,548 ha | 188,580 ha | 235,830 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Poland
- 15 Kenya 225,948 ha compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 1,339 ha compare
- 16 France 217,680 ha compare
- 16 Melanesia 523 ha compare
- 17 Lao People's Democratic Republic 53 ha compare
- 17 Nepal 211,505 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 0 ha compare
- 19 Czechoslovakia 161,787 ha compare
- 20 Canada 156,309 ha compare
- 21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 152,670 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Poland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 697.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3991 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Poland?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Poland was 196,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.91 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 188,580 ha in 2023.
- How does Poland rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Poland ranks 18th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Poland 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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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.