Potatoes — Production in Thailand
Thailand: Potatoes — Production was 119,501 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 119,501 t for potatoes — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 20.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in Thailand peaked at 139,671 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 519 t, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 102nd of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Production in Thailand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 519 t | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 t | +381.7% |
| 1963 | 2,300 t | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 t | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 7,700 t | +285.0% |
| 1966 | 7,000 t | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1968 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,428 t | -44.6% |
| 1974 | 7,192 t | +62.4% |
| 1975 | 7,886 t | +9.6% |
| 1976 | 4,189 t | -46.9% |
| 1977 | 5,547 t | +32.4% |
| 1978 | 4,072 t | -26.6% |
| 1979 | 6,301 t | +54.7% |
| 1980 | 8,857 t | +40.6% |
| 1981 | 13,633 t | +53.9% |
| 1982 | 5,057 t | -62.9% |
| 1983 | 9,937 t | +96.5% |
| 1984 | 12,628 t | +27.1% |
| 1985 | 16,559 t | +31.1% |
| 1986 | 9,865 t | -40.4% |
| 1987 | 13,267 t | +34.5% |
| 1988 | 11,000 t | -17.1% |
| 1989 | 15,000 t | +36.4% |
| 1990 | 18,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 25,000 t | +38.9% |
| 1992 | 45,000 t | +80.0% |
| 1993 | 50,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1994 | 60,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 70,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 89,546 t | +27.9% |
| 1997 | 93,318 t | +4.2% |
| 1998 | 90,382 t | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 100,122 t | +10.8% |
| 2000 | 100,122 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 90,944 t | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 97,370 t | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 86,732 t | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 99,813 t | +15.1% |
| 2005 | 113,881 t | +14.1% |
| 2006 | 118,569 t | +4.1% |
| 2007 | 125,703 t | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 114,499 t | -8.9% |
| 2009 | 126,386 t | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 134,645 t | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 139,671 t | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 139,160 t | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 105,160 t | -24.4% |
| 2014 | 99,175 t | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 125,665 t | +26.7% |
| 2016 | 119,778 t | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 107,103 t | -10.6% |
| 2018 | 108,291 t | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 127,935 t | +18.1% |
| 2020 | 126,864 t | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 119,897 t | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 110,860 t | -7.5% |
| 2023 | 120,474 t | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 119,501 t | -0.8% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 119,501 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 264,614 t, 45% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 119,501 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 251,405 t, 48% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Production in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +381.7% | 519 t | 2,500 t |
| 1965 | +285.0% | 2,000 t | 7,700 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,113 t | 519 t | 8,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,362 t | 4,072 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,580 t | 5,057 t | 16,559 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 64,137 t | 18,000 t | 100,122 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 107,402 t | 86,732 t | 126,386 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 120,658 t | 99,175 t | 139,671 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 119,519 t | 110,860 t | 126,864 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in Thailand?
- Potatoes — production in Thailand was 119,501 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 139,671 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 519 t in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for potatoes — production?
- Thailand ranks 102nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.