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 150th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 147 Mauritania 2,393 t compare
- 148 Cabo Verde 2,212 t compare
- 149 New Caledonia 2,105 t compare
- 151 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,522 t compare
- 152 Belize 1,395 t compare
- 153 Papua New Guinea 1,263 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.07 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.07 (2024)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value 6,675 1000 Int$ (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 150th out of 167 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.