Potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Potatoes — Area harvested was 67,279 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in Uganda is 67,279 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 72.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 93,000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 11,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Uganda 37th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 12,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 13,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 16,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 16,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 17,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 17,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 16,600 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +20.5% |
| 1974 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 35,300 ha | +60.5% |
| 1976 | 48,238 ha | +36.7% |
| 1977 | 33,700 ha | -30.1% |
| 1978 | 37,000 ha | +9.8% |
| 1979 | 21,000 ha | -43.2% |
| 1980 | 24,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1982 | 28,000 ha | +12.0% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 17,000 ha | -43.3% |
| 1985 | 25,000 ha | +47.1% |
| 1986 | 19,000 ha | -24.0% |
| 1987 | 26,000 ha | +36.8% |
| 1988 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 35,799 ha | +32.6% |
| 1990 | 32,000 ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 35,334 ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 37,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 40,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 44,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 50,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1996 | 53,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 56,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 60,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1999 | 64,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 68,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 73,000 ha | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 78,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 80,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 83,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 86,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 90,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 93,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 31,000 ha | -66.7% |
| 2009 | 35,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 37,440 ha | +4.0% |
| 2013 | 38,938 ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 38,949 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 39,338 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 31,975 ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 39,300 ha | +22.9% |
| 2018 | 39,458 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 30,168 ha | -23.5% |
| 2020 | 30,091 ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 57,514 ha | +91.1% |
| 2022 | 63,289 ha | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 68,976 ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 67,279 ha | -2.5% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 67,279 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 41,532 ha, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 67,279 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14,152 ha, 4.8× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Area harvested in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +91.1% | 30,091 ha | 57,514 ha |
| 2008 | -66.7% | 93,000 ha | 31,000 ha |
| 1975 | +60.5% | 22,000 ha | 35,300 ha |
| 1979 | -43.2% | 37,000 ha | 21,000 ha |
| 1984 | -43.3% | 30,000 ha | 17,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,667 ha | 11,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,784 ha | 16,600 ha | 48,238 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,680 ha | 17,000 ha | 35,799 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 47,133 ha | 32,000 ha | 64,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,700 ha | 31,000 ha | 93,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,657 ha | 30,168 ha | 39,458 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 57,430 ha | 30,091 ha | 68,976 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Uganda?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Uganda was 67,279 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 93,000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 37th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Uganda 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.