Potatoes — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Potatoes — Area harvested was 75,940 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Romania stood at 75,940 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Romania peaked at 351,400 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 75,940 ha, in 2024.
Romania ranks 37th of 167 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 318,217 ha | 300,700 ha | 333,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 303,994 ha | 293,647 ha | 312,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 317,163 ha | 286,434 ha | 351,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 252,694 ha | 218,695 ha | 289,614 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 273,683 ha | 254,005 ha | 285,312 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203,572 ha | 171,379 ha | 248,338 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,352 ha | 75,940 ha | 101,030 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture share gdp 3 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 3 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 47.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 9.10 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.87 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Romania?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Romania was 75,940 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 351,400 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,940 ha in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 37th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.