Potatoes — Production in Austria
Austria: Potatoes — Production was 693,640 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Austria recorded 693,640 t for potatoes — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 16.8% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Austria peaked at 3.50 million t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 536,473 t, in 2015.
Austria ranks 53rd of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Production in Austria, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.39 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.21 million t | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 3.50 million t | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 3.44 million t | -1.7% |
| 1965 | 2.54 million t | -26.1% |
| 1966 | 3.01 million t | +18.4% |
| 1967 | 3.05 million t | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 3.47 million t | +13.9% |
| 1969 | 2.94 million t | -15.3% |
| 1970 | 2.70 million t | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 2.72 million t | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 2.34 million t | -13.8% |
| 1973 | 2.12 million t | -9.6% |
| 1974 | 2.00 million t | -5.7% |
| 1975 | 1.58 million t | -20.9% |
| 1976 | 1.75 million t | +10.6% |
| 1977 | 1.35 million t | -22.6% |
| 1978 | 1.40 million t | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 1.49 million t | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 1.26 million t | -15.4% |
| 1981 | 1.31 million t | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 1.12 million t | -14.4% |
| 1983 | 1.01 million t | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 1.14 million t | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 1.04 million t | -8.4% |
| 1986 | 982,405 t | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 879,497 t | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 1.00 million t | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 845,466 t | -15.5% |
| 1990 | 793,537 t | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 789,979 t | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 738,256 t | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 885,833 t | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 593,720 t | -33.0% |
| 1995 | 724,426 t | +22.0% |
| 1996 | 768,974 t | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 676,872 t | -12.0% |
| 1998 | 646,915 t | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 711,729 t | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 694,609 t | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 694,602 t | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 684,321 t | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 560,340 t | -18.1% |
| 2004 | 693,054 t | +23.7% |
| 2005 | 763,165 t | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 654,621 t | -14.2% |
| 2007 | 668,755 t | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 756,945 t | +13.2% |
| 2009 | 722,098 t | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 671,722 t | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 816,070 t | +21.5% |
| 2012 | 665,416 t | -18.5% |
| 2013 | 604,051 t | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 750,637 t | +24.3% |
| 2015 | 536,473 t | -28.5% |
| 2016 | 767,261 t | +43.0% |
| 2017 | 653,400 t | -14.8% |
| 2018 | 697,930 t | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 751,260 t | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 885,890 t | +17.9% |
| 2021 | 769,690 t | -13.1% |
| 2022 | 686,220 t | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 594,040 t | -13.4% |
| 2024 | 693,640 t | +16.8% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 693,640 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 299,120 t, 2.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Austria's 693,640 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 379,007 t, 1.8× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.17 million t | 2.54 million t | 3.50 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.94 million t | 1.35 million t | 2.72 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.06 million t | 845,466 t | 1.31 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 733,024 t | 593,720 t | 885,833 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 689,251 t | 560,340 t | 763,165 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 691,422 t | 536,473 t | 816,070 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 725,896 t | 594,040 t | 885,890 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Austria?
- Potatoes — production in Austria was 693,640 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.50 million t in 1963.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 536,473 t in 2015.
- How does Austria rank for potatoes — production?
- Austria ranks 53rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria 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.