Potatoes — Production in Iceland
Iceland: Potatoes — Production was 5,514 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Production in Iceland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Iceland recorded 5,514 t for potatoes — production in 2024.
The figure is down 24.4% on the previous year and down 33.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Iceland peaked at 19,459 t in 1984 and was at its lowest, 3,494 t, in 1966.
That places Iceland 134th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Production in Iceland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1963 | 9,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1964 | 8,500 t | -5.6% |
| 1965 | 12,500 t | +47.1% |
| 1966 | 3,494 t | -72.0% |
| 1967 | 6,521 t | +86.6% |
| 1968 | 5,604 t | -14.1% |
| 1969 | 4,465 t | -20.3% |
| 1970 | 5,406 t | +21.1% |
| 1971 | 11,407 t | +111.0% |
| 1972 | 8,554 t | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 6,030 t | -29.5% |
| 1974 | 13,418 t | +122.5% |
| 1975 | 6,305 t | -53.0% |
| 1976 | 6,918 t | +9.7% |
| 1977 | 7,642 t | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 13,081 t | +71.2% |
| 1979 | 6,089 t | -53.5% |
| 1980 | 15,341 t | +151.9% |
| 1981 | 10,856 t | -29.2% |
| 1982 | 14,300 t | +31.7% |
| 1983 | 5,000 t | -65.0% |
| 1984 | 19,459 t | +289.2% |
| 1985 | 12,818 t | -34.1% |
| 1986 | 16,578 t | +29.3% |
| 1987 | 18,093 t | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 10,289 t | -43.1% |
| 1989 | 8,000 t | -22.2% |
| 1990 | 8,500 t | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 15,131 t | +78.0% |
| 1992 | 11,200 t | -26.0% |
| 1993 | 8,900 t | -20.5% |
| 1994 | 11,144 t | +25.2% |
| 1995 | 7,324 t | -34.3% |
| 1996 | 11,213 t | +53.1% |
| 1997 | 8,557 t | -23.7% |
| 1998 | 11,554 t | +35.0% |
| 1999 | 9,013 t | -22.0% |
| 2000 | 9,843 t | +9.2% |
| 2001 | 11,366 t | +15.5% |
| 2002 | 8,800 t | -22.6% |
| 2003 | 7,090 t | -19.4% |
| 2004 | 12,000 t | +69.3% |
| 2005 | 13,800 t | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 14,240 t | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 13,000 t | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 12,500 t | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 9,500 t | -24.0% |
| 2010 | 12,460 t | +31.2% |
| 2011 | 7,222 t | -42.0% |
| 2012 | 9,700 t | +34.3% |
| 2013 | 6,000 t | -38.1% |
| 2014 | 8,300 t | +38.3% |
| 2015 | 9,050 t | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 9,930 t | +9.7% |
| 2017 | 9,000 t | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 6,020 t | -33.1% |
| 2019 | 8,200 t | +36.2% |
| 2020 | 7,379 t | -10.0% |
| 2021 | 6,355 t | -13.9% |
| 2022 | 7,200 t | +13.3% |
| 2023 | 7,298 t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 5,514 t | -24.4% |
Iceland compared with similar countries
- Iceland's 5,514 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 299,120 t, 2% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Iceland's 5,514 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 379,007 t, 1% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Production in Iceland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +289.2% | 5,000 t | 19,459 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,120 t | 3,494 t | 13,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,485 t | 5,406 t | 13,418 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,073 t | 5,000 t | 19,459 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,254 t | 7,324 t | 15,131 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,214 t | 7,090 t | 14,240 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,588 t | 6,000 t | 12,460 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,749 t | 5,514 t | 7,379 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iceland
More agriculture & rural data for Iceland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0365 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 3,593 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8983 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Iceland?
- Potatoes — production in Iceland was 5,514 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Iceland?
- The highest recorded value was 19,459 t in 1984.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Iceland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,494 t in 1966.
- How does Iceland rank for potatoes — production?
- Iceland ranks 134th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Iceland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Iceland 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.