Potatoes — Production in Cyprus
Cyprus: Potatoes — Production was 81,750 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Production in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — production in Cyprus stood at 81,750 t.
That represents a change of up 2.0% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Cyprus peaked at 234,000 t in 1995 and was at its lowest, 80,150 t, in 2023.
That places Cyprus 106th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Production in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 81,280 t | — |
| 1962 | 116,840 t | +43.8% |
| 1963 | 106,680 t | -8.7% |
| 1964 | 132,080 t | +23.8% |
| 1965 | 138,988 t | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 132,080 t | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 172,720 t | +30.8% |
| 1968 | 175,768 t | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 162,560 t | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 208,280 t | +28.1% |
| 1971 | 177,800 t | -14.6% |
| 1972 | 174,752 t | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 162,560 t | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 152,400 t | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 111,760 t | -26.7% |
| 1976 | 182,880 t | +63.6% |
| 1977 | 203,200 t | +11.1% |
| 1978 | 147,320 t | -27.5% |
| 1979 | 172,720 t | +17.2% |
| 1980 | 191,008 t | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 174,752 t | -8.5% |
| 1982 | 171,704 t | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 188,000 t | +9.5% |
| 1984 | 185,000 t | -1.6% |
| 1985 | 128,000 t | -30.8% |
| 1986 | 172,000 t | +34.4% |
| 1987 | 150,000 t | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 164,000 t | +9.3% |
| 1989 | 190,000 t | +15.9% |
| 1990 | 185,900 t | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 179,650 t | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 195,400 t | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 199,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 135,000 t | -32.2% |
| 1995 | 234,000 t | +73.3% |
| 1996 | 228,000 t | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 81,500 t | -64.3% |
| 1998 | 138,092 t | +69.4% |
| 1999 | 161,500 t | +17.0% |
| 2000 | 117,000 t | -27.6% |
| 2001 | 121,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 148,500 t | +22.7% |
| 2003 | 127,500 t | -14.1% |
| 2004 | 131,650 t | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 152,500 t | +15.8% |
| 2006 | 127,500 t | -16.4% |
| 2007 | 155,500 t | +22.0% |
| 2008 | 115,000 t | -26.0% |
| 2009 | 112,500 t | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 82,000 t | -27.1% |
| 2011 | 126,080 t | +53.8% |
| 2012 | 82,200 t | -34.8% |
| 2013 | 98,480 t | +19.8% |
| 2014 | 114,997 t | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 95,921 t | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 122,803 t | +28.0% |
| 2017 | 109,923 t | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 105,330 t | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 82,100 t | -22.1% |
| 2020 | 91,880 t | +11.9% |
| 2021 | 98,980 t | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 85,160 t | -14.0% |
| 2023 | 80,150 t | -5.9% |
| 2024 | 81,750 t | +2.0% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 81,750 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 299,120 t, 27% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 81,750 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 379,007 t, 22% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 135,444 t | 81,280 t | 175,768 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 169,367 t | 111,760 t | 208,280 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 171,446 t | 128,000 t | 191,008 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 173,804 t | 81,500 t | 234,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 130,865 t | 112,500 t | 155,500 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 101,983 t | 82,000 t | 126,080 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,584 t | 80,150 t | 98,980 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Cyprus?
- Potatoes — production in Cyprus was 81,750 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 234,000 t in 1995.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,150 t in 2023.
- How does Cyprus rank for potatoes — production?
- Cyprus ranks 106th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.