Potatoes — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Potatoes — Area harvested was 391,085 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 391,085 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.8% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 479,115 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 166,502 ha, in 1962.
Western Asia ranks 13th of 37 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 177,687 ha | 166,502 ha | 190,755 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 217,973 ha | 190,905 ha | 231,720 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 254,329 ha | 238,208 ha | 269,717 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 377,798 ha | 273,552 ha | 464,269 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 448,926 ha | 402,226 ha | 479,115 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 384,287 ha | 350,628 ha | 450,447 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 369,689 ha | 356,153 ha | 391,085 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 10 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 332,146 ha compare
- 11 Nigeria 327,188 ha compare
- 12 Yugoslav SFR 284,512 ha compare
- 13 Germany 282,200 ha compare
- 14 Egypt, Arab Republic of 268,565 ha compare
- 15 Kenya 225,948 ha compare
- 16 France 217,680 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 35.84 million t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield 13,182 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Western Asia was 391,085 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 479,115 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 166,502 ha in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 13th out of 37 regions with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.