Potatoes — Production in Eritrea
Eritrea: Potatoes — Production was 58.47 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 58.47 t for potatoes — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Eritrea peaked at 45,000 t in 1998 and was at its lowest, 37.05 t, in 2016.
That places Eritrea 161st out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41,139 t | 39,000 t | 45,000 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 11,852 t | 102 t | 28,156 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 85.23 t | 37.05 t | 138.99 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.89 t | 58.1 t | 60.57 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 158 Benin 405.56 t compare
- 159 Dominica 150.03 t compare
- 160 Bahrain 80 t compare
- 162 Côte d'Ivoire 0 t
- 162 Fiji 0 t compare
- 162 French Polynesia 0 t compare
- 162 Guadeloupe 0 t
- 162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 t compare
- 162 Polynesia 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture share gdp 14.12 (2009)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.12 (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 262.24 million current US$ (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 2.36 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Aquaculture farmed fish production 25.97 (2024)
- Cereal yield 638 kg per hectare (2024)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 25.97 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Eritrea?
- Potatoes — production in Eritrea was 58.47 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 45,000 t in 1998.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.05 t in 2016.
- How does Eritrea rank for potatoes — production?
- Eritrea ranks 161st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.