Potatoes — Production in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Potatoes — Production was 560,929 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — production in United Republic of Tanzania is 560,929 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and down 67.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — production in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 1.77 million t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 15,000 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 t | +20.0% |
| 1963 | 19,502 t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 26,167 t | +34.2% |
| 1965 | 15,740 t | -39.8% |
| 1966 | 18,424 t | +17.1% |
| 1967 | 28,747 t | +56.0% |
| 1968 | 40,287 t | +40.1% |
| 1969 | 25,873 t | -35.8% |
| 1970 | 55,385 t | +114.1% |
| 1971 | 67,837 t | +22.5% |
| 1972 | 59,611 t | -12.1% |
| 1973 | 73,184 t | +22.8% |
| 1974 | 71,635 t | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 65,965 t | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 155,405 t | +135.6% |
| 1977 | 104,000 t | -33.1% |
| 1978 | 153,990 t | +48.1% |
| 1979 | 212,129 t | +37.8% |
| 1980 | 230,633 t | +8.7% |
| 1981 | 249,137 t | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 267,641 t | +7.4% |
| 1983 | 286,145 t | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 304,649 t | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 323,153 t | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 341,657 t | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 360,161 t | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 378,665 t | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 397,169 t | +4.9% |
| 1990 | 415,673 t | +4.7% |
| 1991 | 434,176 t | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 452,680 t | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 471,184 t | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 489,688 t | +3.9% |
| 1995 | 508,192 t | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 526,696 t | +3.6% |
| 1997 | 545,200 t | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 563,704 t | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 582,208 t | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 600,712 t | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 619,216 t | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 637,720 t | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 684,420 t | +7.3% |
| 2004 | 731,120 t | +6.8% |
| 2005 | 651,010 t | -11.0% |
| 2006 | 660,000 t | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 650,000 t | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 789,690 t | +21.5% |
| 2009 | 860,980 t | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 1.47 million t | +71.0% |
| 2011 | 1.56 million t | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 1.24 million t | -20.6% |
| 2013 | 1.77 million t | +43.1% |
| 2014 | 1.74 million t | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 1.48 million t | -14.8% |
| 2016 | 1.08 million t | -27.0% |
| 2017 | 583,082 t | -46.1% |
| 2018 | 1.08 million t | +85.2% |
| 2019 | 1.01 million t | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 835,975 t | -17.5% |
| 2021 | 675,670 t | -19.2% |
| 2022 | 431,000 t | -36.2% |
| 2023 | 552,000 t | +28.1% |
| 2024 | 560,929 t | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,082 t | 15,000 t | 40,287 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 101,914 t | 55,385 t | 212,129 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 313,901 t | 230,633 t | 397,169 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 498,940 t | 415,673 t | 582,208 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 688,487 t | 600,712 t | 860,980 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.30 million t | 583,082 t | 1.77 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 611,115 t | 431,000 t | 835,975 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.38 million t compare
- 5 Ukraine 21.13 million t compare
- 6 Russian Federation 18.45 million t compare
- 7 Germany 12.70 million t compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 671,811 t compare
- 8 Bangladesh 10.60 million t compare
- 9 France 9.24 million t compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 520,567 t compare
- 10 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 413,319 t compare
- 10 Pakistan 8.43 million t compare
- 11 Egypt 8.08 million t compare
- 11 Viet Nam 354,657 t compare
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- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 3.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.4351 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — production in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Potatoes — production in United Republic of Tanzania was 560,929 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million t in 2013.
- What is the lowest potatoes — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 t in 1961.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for potatoes — production?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 8th out of 18 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — production rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 67.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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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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.