Potatoes — Production by country

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...

Countries reporting
167
Highest
94.87 million t
China
Lowest
0 t
Côte d'Ivoire
Median
357,550 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
11,270

What the numbers show

Potatoes — Production is currently reported for 167 countries. The highest value is 94.87 million t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Côte d'Ivoire.

The median across all reporting countries is 357,550 t, and the mean is 3.24 million t.

Over the past decade 94 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 3,273.3%), and the largest decrease in Fiji (down 100.0%).

Potatoes — Production: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 94.87 million t 2024 up 12.7% volatile
2 China, mainland 94.81 million t 2024 up 12.7% volatile
3 USSR 64.84 million t 1991 down 10.1% falling
4 India 57.05 million t 2024 up 23.0% volatile
5 Ukraine 21.13 million t 2024 down 10.8% rising
6 Russian Federation 18.45 million t 2024 down 41.4% falling
7 Germany 12.70 million t 2024 up 9.4% falling
8 Bangladesh 10.60 million t 2024 up 18.4% volatile
9 France 9.24 million t 2024 up 14.3% falling
10 Pakistan 8.43 million t 2024 up 190.7% volatile
11 Egypt 8.08 million t 2024 up 75.3% volatile
12 Türkiye 6.90 million t 2024 up 65.6% rising
13 Peru 6.58 million t 2024 up 39.8% volatile
14 Canada 6.51 million t 2024 up 15.4% rising
15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 6.37 million t 2024 down 10.3% rising
16 Poland 5.92 million t 2024 down 23.0% volatile
17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.52 million t 2024 down 6.7% falling
18 Algeria 4.60 million t 2024 down 1.6% volatile
19 Brazil 4.18 million t 2024 up 13.4% rising
20 Ethiopia 4.09 million t 2024 up 154.2% volatile
21 Belgium 3.98 million t 2024 down 9.2% rising
22 Uzbekistan 3.72 million t 2024 up 51.6% volatile
23 Nepal 3.52 million t 2024 up 25.0% volatile
24 Belarus 3.11 million t 2024 down 44.1% falling
25 Belgium-Luxembourg 3.01 million t 1999 up 84.9% rising
26 Denmark 3.00 million t 2024 up 72.9% rising
27 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.92 million t 2024 down 41.4% volatile
28 Kazakhstan 2.63 million t 2024 up 54.1% rising
29 Czechoslovakia 2.63 million t 1992 down 27.2% falling
30 Yugoslav SFR 2.53 million t 1991 down 9.0% falling
31 Colombia 2.49 million t 2024 up 15.5% rising
32 Japan 2.24 million t 2024 down 8.9% falling
33 Morocco 2.19 million t 2024 up 12.5% volatile
34 Kenya 2.19 million t 2024 up 34.6% volatile
35 Mexico 2.12 million t 2024 up 26.5% rising
36 Argentina 2.11 million t 2024 down 6.8% rising
37 Australia and New Zealand 2.06 million t 2024 up 27.4% rising
38 Spain 1.97 million t 2024 down 22.5% falling
39 Australia 1.53 million t 2024 up 30.6% rising
40 Malawi 1.46 million t 2024 up 42.3% volatile
41 Italy 1.41 million t 2024 up 3.5% falling
42 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.38 million t 2024 up 29.9% rising
43 Indonesia 1.27 million t 2024 down 5.7% volatile
44 Tajikistan 1.26 million t 2024 up 48.0% volatile
45 Chile 1.25 million t 2024 up 17.4% rising
46 Nigeria 1.23 million t 2024 up 4.7% volatile
47 Kyrgyzstan 1.19 million t 2024 down 9.9% rising
48 Serbia and Montenegro 1.10 million t 2005 up 11.8% rising
49 Romania 1.05 million t 2024 down 70.1% falling
50 Azerbaijan 954,005 t 2024 up 16.4% rising
51 Afghanistan 908,218 t 2024 up 166.9% volatile
52 Sweden 879,800 t 2024 up 7.0% falling
53 Rwanda 827,355 t 2024 up 15.1% volatile
54 Turkmenistan 824,320 t 2024 up 161.1% volatile
55 Austria 693,640 t 2024 down 7.6% volatile
56 Zimbabwe 673,484 t 2024 up 69.4% volatile
57 Syrian Arab Republic 671,811 t 2024 up 24.5% volatile
58 Czechia 655,510 t 2024 down 6.0% falling
59 Saudi Arabia 625,071 t 2024 up 172.4% volatile
60 Lebanon 610,700 t 2024 up 35.2% volatile
61 Serbia 608,907 t 2024 up 2.8% falling
62 Guinea 607,049 t 2024 up 601.6% volatile
63 Republic of Korea 568,625 t 2024 down 3.7% rising
64 United Republic of Tanzania 560,929 t 2024 down 67.7% volatile
65 Finland 553,100 t 2024 down 7.9% falling
66 Mozambique 552,561 t 2024 up 157.9% volatile
67 Guatemala 550,783 t 2024 up 5.3% volatile
68 Sudan 542,795 t 2024 up 33.2% rising
69 New Zealand 531,438 t 2024 up 19.1% rising
70 Angola 528,284 t 2024 down 21.3% volatile
71 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 520,567 t 2024 up 3.3% rising
72 Israel 475,010 t 2024 down 24.3% volatile
73 Tunisia 466,090 t 2024 up 19.5% volatile
74 Uganda 461,361 t 2024 up 155.0% volatile
75 Myanmar 422,111 t 2024 down 22.2% volatile
76 Burundi 420,224 t 2024 up 131.9% volatile
77 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 413,319 t 2024 down 73.8% volatile
78 Ethiopia PDR 388,000 t 1992 up 12.8% rising
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 387,349 t 2024 up 28.9% flat
80 Switzerland 370,665 t 2024 down 26.4% falling
81 Cameroon 370,206 t 2024 up 67.9% volatile
82 Libya 369,147 t 2024 up 30.3% volatile
83 Ireland 368,340 t 2024 down 3.8% volatile
84 Portugal 357,550 t 2024 down 33.8% falling
85 Norway 354,900 t 2024 down 0.8% falling
86 Viet Nam 354,657 t 2024 up 10.2% volatile
87 Armenia 337,683 t 2024 down 51.5% rising
88 Sudan (former) 336,000 t 2011 up 67.6% volatile
89 Greece 332,910 t 2024 down 45.9% falling
90 Niger 328,900 t 2024 up 312.4% volatile
91 Yemen 312,755 t 2024 up 18.0% volatile
92 Albania 277,824 t 2024 up 15.8% rising
93 Lithuania 265,330 t 2024 down 43.4% volatile
94 Mongolia 251,405 t 2024 up 55.7% volatile
95 Caribbean 248,841 t 2024 up 43.8% rising
96 Madagascar 248,208 t 2024 up 4.9% rising
97 Hungary 234,350 t 2024 down 58.7% volatile
98 Mali 234,244 t 2024 up 48.8% volatile
99 Georgia 221,500 t 2024 up 2.9% falling
100 Ecuador 221,187 t 2024 down 47.5% falling
101 North Macedonia 200,983 t 2024 up 0.7% rising
102 Iraq 195,785 t 2024 down 51.3% volatile
103 Slovakia 170,630 t 2024 down 4.6% volatile
104 Jordan 161,367 t 2024 down 20.9% volatile
105 Senegal 146,775 t 2024 up 394.5% volatile
106 Republic of Moldova 135,372 t 2024 down 49.5% falling
107 Croatia 133,860 t 2024 down 16.8% volatile
108 Lesotho 132,750 t 2024 up 0.9% volatile
109 Latvia 130,700 t 2024 down 74.2% volatile
110 Dominican Republic 123,505 t 2024 up 83.8% volatile
111 Thailand 119,501 t 2024 up 20.5% volatile
112 Bulgaria 113,940 t 2024 down 14.1% falling
113 Democratic Republic of the Congo 109,367 t 2024 up 9.8% volatile
114 Philippines 102,791 t 2024 down 13.7% volatile
115 Palestine 82,000 t 2022 up 142.7% rising
116 Cyprus 81,750 t 2024 down 28.9% falling
117 Cuba 79,054 t 2024 up 48.3% rising
118 Costa Rica 75,242 t 2024 down 2.0% rising
119 Slovenia 74,640 t 2024 down 22.9% falling
120 Estonia 69,330 t 2024 down 40.9% volatile
121 Uruguay 66,551 t 2024 down 19.4% falling
122 China, Taiwan Province of 62,249 t 2024 up 10.6% rising
123 Nicaragua 61,819 t 2023 up 105.6% volatile
124 Sri Lanka 42,207 t 2024 down 48.8% volatile
125 Bhutan 37,778 t 2024 down 19.1% rising
126 Haiti 35,010 t 2024 up 7.4% volatile
127 Chad 34,502 t 2024 down 15.9% volatile
128 Zambia 34,153 t 2024 up 0.9% volatile
129 Burkina Faso 33,440 t 2024 up 157.2% volatile
130 Montenegro 33,178 t 2024 up 36.5% volatile
131 Honduras 27,045 t 2024 up 6.1% volatile
132 Panama 26,916 t 2024 up 24.1% rising
133 Luxembourg 17,730 t 2024 down 6.6% falling
134 Kuwait 15,980 t 2024 down 66.4% volatile
135 Namibia 14,556 t 2024 up 7.0% rising
136 Oman 14,086 t 2024 up 161.2% volatile
137 Mauritius 13,668 t 2024 down 29.6% rising
138 Jamaica 11,121 t 2024 down 43.2% rising
139 Eswatini 8,618 t 2024 up 6.3% rising
140 Congo 7,114 t 2024 down 4.3% volatile
141 Malta 6,910 t 2024 down 45.0% falling
142 El Salvador 6,048 t 2024 down 8.9% volatile
143 Iceland 5,514 t 2024 down 33.6% falling
144 Comoros 3,642 t 2024 up 45.5% volatile
145 Botswana 3,632 t 2024 down 58.6% volatile
146 Melanesia 3,371 t 2024 up 27.5% rising
147 Mauritania 2,393 t 2024 up 7.8% rising
148 Cabo Verde 2,212 t 2024 down 17.5% rising
149 New Caledonia 2,105 t 2024 up 50.4% rising
150 Faroe Islands 1,532 t 2024 down 9.5% rising
151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,522 t 2024 down 95.1% flat
152 Belize 1,395 t 2024 up 29.3% volatile
153 Papua New Guinea 1,263 t 2024 up 5.4% volatile
154 Timor-Leste 1,217 t 2024 down 8.3% volatile
155 Paraguay 1,170 t 2024 down 67.5% volatile
156 United Arab Emirates 1,086 t 2024 up 18.7% volatile
157 Qatar 964.76 t 2024 up 3,273.3% volatile
158 Benin 405.56 t 2024 up 137.2% volatile
159 Dominica 150.03 t 2024 up 2.3% volatile
160 Bahrain 80 t 2024 up 115.4% volatile
161 Eritrea 58.47 t 2024 down 44.1% volatile
162 Fiji 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
162 French Polynesia 0 t 2023 down 100.0% falling
162 Guadeloupe 0 t 1992 volatile
162 Polynesia 0 t 2023 down 100.0% falling
162 Côte d'Ivoire 0 t 1992 volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Potatoes — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
200 places, 11,270 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.