Potatoes — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Potatoes — Area harvested was 64,702 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania is 64,702 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 65.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 203,165 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 4,500 ha, in 1965.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | -40.0% |
| 1966 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 7,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1968 | 11,000 ha | +46.7% |
| 1969 | 8,000 ha | -27.3% |
| 1970 | 14,500 ha | +81.2% |
| 1971 | 16,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 15,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1974 | 25,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1975 | 21,000 ha | -16.0% |
| 1976 | 46,657 ha | +122.2% |
| 1977 | 29,542 ha | -36.7% |
| 1978 | 41,506 ha | +40.5% |
| 1979 | 54,397 ha | +31.1% |
| 1980 | 56,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 58,225 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 59,896 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 61,430 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 62,844 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 64,152 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 65,365 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 66,493 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 67,545 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 68,528 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 69,449 ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 70,313 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 71,126 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 71,891 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 72,614 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 73,297 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 73,943 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 74,557 ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 75,139 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 75,692 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 76,219 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 76,721 ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 77,200 ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 83,255 ha | +7.8% |
| 2004 | 89,310 ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 125,990 ha | +41.1% |
| 2006 | 126,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 125,000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 146,762 ha | +17.4% |
| 2009 | 195,690 ha | +33.3% |
| 2010 | 172,970 ha | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 203,089 ha | +17.4% |
| 2012 | 168,445 ha | -17.1% |
| 2013 | 203,165 ha | +20.6% |
| 2014 | 189,635 ha | -6.7% |
| 2015 | 175,420 ha | -7.5% |
| 2016 | 145,590 ha | -17.0% |
| 2017 | 164,073 ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 96,574 ha | -41.1% |
| 2019 | 96,594 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 93,698 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 81,465 ha | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 50,693 ha | -37.8% |
| 2023 | 64,292 ha | +26.8% |
| 2024 | 64,702 ha | +0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,722 ha | 4,500 ha | 11,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,360 ha | 14,500 ha | 54,397 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 63,088 ha | 56,400 ha | 68,528 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,802 ha | 69,449 ha | 75,692 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 112,215 ha | 76,219 ha | 195,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 161,556 ha | 96,574 ha | 203,165 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,970 ha | 50,693 ha | 93,698 ha | 5 |
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- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.5952 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Potatoes — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania was 64,702 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 203,165 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,500 ha in 1965.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 8th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.