Potatoes — Production, per capita in Namibia
Namibia: Potatoes — Production, per capita was 0.0048 t per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Production, per capita in Namibia, 2000–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t per person.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — production, per capita in Namibia stood at 0.0048 t per person.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production, per capita in Namibia peaked at 0.0065 t per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.0005 t per person, in 2000.
Namibia ranks 106th of 137 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Potatoes — Production, per capita in Namibia, year by year
| Year | t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0005 t per person | — |
| 2001 | 0.0011 t per person | +95.9% |
| 2002 | 0.0016 t per person | +47.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0021 t per person | +31.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0022 t per person | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0026 t per person | +22.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0019 t per person | -28.5% |
| 2007 | 0.0044 t per person | +131.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0042 t per person | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0058 t per person | +39.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0055 t per person | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0056 t per person | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0061 t per person | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 0.0054 t per person | -11.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0059 t per person | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0065 t per person | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0056 t per person | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 0.0057 t per person | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0056 t per person | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0054 t per person | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0054 t per person | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 0.0052 t per person | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 0.005 t per person | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 0.0049 t per person | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 0.0048 t per person | -2.7% |
Namibia compared with similar countries
- Namibia's 0.0048 t per person is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0163 t per person, 30% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Namibia's 0.0048 t per person is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0094 t per person, 51% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Production, per capita in Namibia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +131.0% | 0.0019 t per person | 0.0044 t per person |
| 2001 | +95.9% | 0.0005 t per person | 0.0011 t per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0026 t per person | 0.0005 t per person | 0.0058 t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0057 t per person | 0.0054 t per person | 0.0065 t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0051 t per person | 0.0048 t per person | 0.0054 t per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production, per capita in Namibia?
- Potatoes — production, per capita in Namibia was 0.0048 t per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0065 t per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production, per capita recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0005 t per person in 2000.
- How does Namibia rank for potatoes — production, per capita?
- Namibia ranks 106th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production, per capita rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Potatoes — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Potatoes — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Potatoes — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Potatoes — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.