Potatoes — Area harvested in Qatar
Qatar: Potatoes — Area harvested was 49 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Qatar, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Qatar recorded 49 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 44.1% on the previous year and up 1,533.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Qatar peaked at 49 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Qatar 145th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Qatar, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 2 ha | — |
| 1972 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 1973 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 8 ha | +100.0% |
| 1977 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12 ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 10 ha | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 1987 | 4 ha | -63.6% |
| 1988 | 12 ha | +200.0% |
| 1989 | 13 ha | +8.3% |
| 1990 | 12 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 11 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 22 ha | +100.0% |
| 1993 | 10 ha | -54.5% |
| 1994 | 11 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 6 ha | -45.5% |
| 1996 | 5 ha | -16.7% |
| 1997 | 7 ha | +40.0% |
| 1998 | 6 ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 3 ha | -50.0% |
| 2001 | 2 ha | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 2007 | 4 ha | +33.3% |
| 2008 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3 ha | -25.0% |
| 2010 | 5 ha | +66.7% |
| 2011 | 1 ha | -80.0% |
| 2012 | 2 ha | +100.0% |
| 2013 | 3 ha | +50.0% |
| 2014 | 3 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 ha | +133.3% |
| 2016 | 7 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10 ha | +42.9% |
| 2018 | 2 ha | -80.0% |
| 2019 | 9 ha | +350.0% |
| 2020 | 21 ha | +133.3% |
| 2021 | 49 ha | +133.3% |
| 2022 | 47 ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 34 ha | -27.7% |
| 2024 | 49 ha | +44.1% |
Qatar compared with similar countries
- Qatar's 49 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Qatar's 49 ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 15,647 ha, 0% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Qatar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +350.0% | 2 ha | 9 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5.5 ha | 0 ha | 12 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10 ha | 4 ha | 13 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.6 ha | 5 ha | 22 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.7 ha | 2 ha | 4 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.9 ha | 1 ha | 10 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40 ha | 21 ha | 49 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Qatar
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0031 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 221.93 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0064 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Qatar?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Qatar was 49 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 49 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Qatar rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Qatar ranks 145th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1,533.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Qatar 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.