Potatoes — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Potatoes — Area harvested was 47 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 47 ha for potatoes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 6.0% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 859 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 146th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 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 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 19 ha | — |
| 1976 | 25 ha | +31.6% |
| 1977 | 37 ha | +48.0% |
| 1978 | 109 ha | +194.6% |
| 1979 | 180 ha | +65.1% |
| 1980 | 65 ha | -63.9% |
| 1981 | 165 ha | +153.8% |
| 1982 | 213 ha | +29.1% |
| 1983 | 266 ha | +24.9% |
| 1984 | 313 ha | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 413 ha | +31.9% |
| 1986 | 260 ha | -37.0% |
| 1987 | 245 ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 261 ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 244 ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 182 ha | -25.4% |
| 1991 | 204 ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 308 ha | +51.0% |
| 1993 | 333 ha | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 174 ha | -47.7% |
| 1995 | 178 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 205 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 270 ha | +31.7% |
| 1998 | 271 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 270 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 859 ha | +218.1% |
| 2001 | 511 ha | -40.5% |
| 2002 | 495 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 270 ha | -45.5% |
| 2004 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 238 ha | -15.0% |
| 2011 | 201 ha | -15.5% |
| 2012 | 174 ha | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 141 ha | -19.0% |
| 2014 | 63 ha | -55.3% |
| 2015 | 115 ha | +82.5% |
| 2016 | 128 ha | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 14 ha | -89.1% |
| 2018 | 18 ha | +28.6% |
| 2019 | 186 ha | +933.3% |
| 2020 | 42 ha | -77.4% |
| 2021 | 74 ha | +76.2% |
| 2022 | 50 ha | -32.4% |
| 2023 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 47 ha | -6.0% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 47 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,829 ha, 0% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 47 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 United Arab Emirates 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 | +933.3% | 18 ha | 186 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37 ha | 0 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 244.5 ha | 65 ha | 413 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 239.5 ha | 174 ha | 333 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 376.5 ha | 270 ha | 859 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 127.8 ha | 14 ha | 238 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.6 ha | 42 ha | 74 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Potatoes — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 47 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 859 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 146th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.