Potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Potatoes — Area harvested was 217,997 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe stood at 217,997 ha.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and down 29.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 1.31 million ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 207,965 ha, in 2023.
That places Southern Europe 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 | 1.25 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 1.31 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.10 million ha | 1.02 million ha | 1.21 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 942,711 ha | 879,802 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 704,784 ha | 590,595 ha | 868,676 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 461,775 ha | 387,833 ha | 555,416 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 302,659 ha | 251,747 ha | 368,297 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 225,499 ha | 207,965 ha | 251,927 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 19 Czechoslovakia 161,787 ha compare
- 20 Canada 156,309 ha compare
- 21 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 152,670 ha compare
- 22 Belarus 141,000 ha compare
- 23 Algeria 135,414 ha compare
- 24 Brazil 124,818 ha compare
- 25 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 5.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 103,293 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 10,020 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 452,640 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 45,919 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 13.89 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 211,485 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 65,683 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 13.39 million t (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 16.92 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Southern Europe was 217,997 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.31 million ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 207,965 ha in 2023.
- How does Southern Europe rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.