Potatoes — Production in Algeria
Algeria: Potatoes — Production was 4.60 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — production in Algeria is 4.60 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Algeria peaked at 5.02 million t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 170,124 t, in 1966.
That places Algeria 18th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 221,206 t | 170,124 t | 272,162 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 401,230 t | 262,050 t | 575,068 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 697,594 t | 415,102 t | 1.00 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.02 million t | 715,936 t | 1.20 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.79 million t | 967,232 t | 2.64 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.45 million t | 3.30 million t | 5.02 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.52 million t | 4.32 million t | 4.66 million t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture share gdp 14.51 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.51 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
- Rural population 24.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 11.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.65 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 234.77 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Algeria?
- Potatoes — production in Algeria was 4.60 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 5.02 million t in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 170,124 t in 1966.
- How does Algeria rank for potatoes — production?
- Algeria ranks 18th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Production. 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.