Potatoes — Production in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Potatoes — Production was 1,532 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Production in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — production in Faroe Islands is 1,532 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Faroe Islands peaked at 1,856 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1,006 t, in 1975.
Faroe Islands ranks 139th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Production in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,737 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,651 t | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 1,856 t | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 1,529 t | -17.6% |
| 1965 | 1,429 t | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 1,614 t | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 1,428 t | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 1,483 t | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 1,227 t | -17.3% |
| 1970 | 1,636 t | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 1,301 t | -20.5% |
| 1972 | 1,176 t | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 1,058 t | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 1,065 t | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 1,006 t | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 1,355 t | +34.7% |
| 1977 | 1,300 t | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,330 t | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,350 t | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1,400 t | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,450 t | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1,479 t | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 1,518 t | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,508 t | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,513 t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,514 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,512 t | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,508 t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,502 t | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,494 t | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 1,485 t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,475 t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,462 t | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,452 t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,443 t | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,435 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,428 t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,400 t | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,424 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,428 t | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,415 t | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,457 t | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1,500 t | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,600 t | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 1,693 t | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 1,391 t | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 1,562 t | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 1,522 t | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 1,518 t | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,513 t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,512 t | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,518 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,526 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,529 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,532 t | +0.2% |
Faroe Islands compared with similar countries
- Faroe Islands's 1,532 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 299,120 t, 1% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Faroe Islands's 1,532 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 379,007 t, 0% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Production in Faroe Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +34.7% | 1,006 t | 1,355 t |
| 1970 | +33.3% | 1,227 t | 1,636 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,550 t | 1,227 t | 1,856 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,250 t | 1,006 t | 1,636 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,358 t | 1,300 t | 1,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,500 t | 1,450 t | 1,518 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,443 t | 1,400 t | 1,485 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,517 t | 1,391 t | 1,693 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,523 t | 1,512 t | 1,532 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 136 Botswana 3,632 t compare
- 137 Mauritania 2,393 t compare
- 138 New Caledonia 2,105 t compare
- 140 Central African Republic 1,396 t compare
- 141 Belize 1,395 t compare
- 142 Papua New Guinea 1,263 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 11,918 current US$ per person (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1607 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Faroe Islands?
- Potatoes — production in Faroe Islands was 1,532 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1,856 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,006 t in 1975.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for potatoes — production?
- Faroe Islands ranks 139th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.