Potatoes — Yield by country
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...
What the numbers show
Potatoes — Yield is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 51,307 kg/ha in New Zealand; the lowest is 649.7 kg/ha in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 19,508 kg/ha, and the mean is 21,069 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79.
Over the past decade 110 countries rose and 58 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 146.8%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 86.1%).
Potatoes — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand | 51,307 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 35,246 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 46,581 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 32,280 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 3 | Denmark | 45,835 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 3 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 28,752 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 45,136 kg/ha | 1999 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 23,888 kg/ha | 2024 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 5 | Germany | 45,015 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 6 | Australia and New Zealand | 43,061 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 6 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 21,463 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 7 | France | 42,436 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 8 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 41,703 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 8 | Viet Nam | 17,106 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 9 | Canada | 41,658 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 10 | Australia | 40,784 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 10 | Polynesia | 9,358 kg/ha | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 11 | Bahrain | 40,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 8,669 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 12 | Jordan | 39,909 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 13 | Ireland | 39,606 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 13 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 6,537 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 14 | Belgium | 39,592 kg/ha | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 14 | Melanesia | 6,440 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 15 | Kuwait | 38,123 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Moldova | 6,035 kg/ha | 2024 | down 48.8% | rising |
| 16 | South Africa | 37,951 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,573 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 17 | Sweden | 37,311 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 3,206 kg/ha | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 18 | Palestine | 36,594 kg/ha | 2022 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 908.8 kg/ha | 2024 | down 19.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Argentina | 35,778 kg/ha | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 19 | Caribbean | 20,136 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 34,856 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 21 | Switzerland | 34,690 kg/ha | 2024 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 22 | Chile | 34,548 kg/ha | 2024 | up 59.4% | rising |
| 23 | Algeria | 33,944 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Brazil | 33,520 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 25 | Saudi Arabia | 33,172 kg/ha | 2024 | up 146.8% | rising |
| 26 | Morocco | 32,782 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 26 | Cabo Verde | 11,344 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 27 | Mexico | 32,714 kg/ha | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 28 | El Salvador | 32,312 kg/ha | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 29 | Japan | 32,309 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 30 | Spain | 32,109 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 31 | Austria | 31,673 kg/ha | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 32 | Greece | 31,585 kg/ha | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 33 | Finland | 31,249 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 34 | Oman | 30,823 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 35 | Poland | 30,182 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 36 | Niger | 30,114 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 30,094 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 38 | Luxembourg | 30,051 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 39 | Norway | 29,856 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 40 | Uzbekistan | 29,802 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 41 | Hungary | 29,478 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 42 | Czechia | 28,814 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 43 | Italy | 28,778 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 44 | Dominican Republic | 28,726 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Slovakia | 28,297 kg/ha | 2024 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 46 | Zimbabwe | 28,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 47 | Costa Rica | 27,548 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 48 | Lebanon | 27,263 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 49 | Serbia | 27,083 kg/ha | 2024 | up 137.8% | rising |
| 50 | Albania | 26,796 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Panama | 26,457 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 52 | Slovenia | 26,098 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 53 | Iraq | 26,026 kg/ha | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 54 | Guatemala | 25,561 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Pakistan | 24,901 kg/ha | 2024 | up 37.2% | rising |
| 56 | Republic of Korea | 24,674 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 57 | India | 24,568 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 58 | Senegal | 24,134 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 59 | Estonia | 23,743 kg/ha | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23,571 kg/ha | 2014 | up 70.6% | rising |
| 61 | Uruguay | 23,318 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 23,198 kg/ha | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 63 | United Arab Emirates | 22,893 kg/ha | 2024 | up 57.3% | rising |
| 64 | China, Taiwan Province of | 22,793 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 65 | Colombia | 22,699 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 66 | Mali | 22,506 kg/ha | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 22,095 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 68 | Belarus | 22,063 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 21,914 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 70 | Portugal | 21,722 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 20,990 kg/ha | 2024 | up 58.0% | rising |
| 72 | Mauritius | 20,956 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 73 | Zambia | 20,945 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 74 | China | 20,806 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 75 | China, mainland | 20,805 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 76 | Tajikistan | 19,963 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 77 | Qatar | 19,825 kg/ha | 2024 | up 101.0% | rising |
| 78 | Libya | 19,766 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Peru | 19,508 kg/ha | 2024 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 80 | Armenia | 19,310 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 81 | Malawi | 19,184 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 82 | Indonesia | 18,825 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 83 | Latvia | 18,408 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 84 | Thailand | 18,181 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 85 | Lithuania | 18,087 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 18,008 kg/ha | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 87 | Croatia | 17,968 kg/ha | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 88 | Kyrgyzstan | 17,924 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 89 | Lesotho | 17,889 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 90 | Tunisia | 17,739 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 91 | Yemen | 17,704 kg/ha | 2024 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 92 | Russian Federation | 17,598 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 93 | Ukraine | 17,501 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 94 | Cuba | 17,491 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 95 | Montenegro | 17,345 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 16,960 kg/ha | 2024 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 97 | Bulgaria | 16,830 kg/ha | 2024 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 98 | Sudan (former) | 16,667 kg/ha | 2011 | up 41.6% | flat |
| 99 | Nepal | 16,651 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 100 | North Macedonia | 16,618 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 101 | Czechoslovakia | 16,237 kg/ha | 1992 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 102 | Ecuador | 16,158 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 103 | Philippines | 16,105 kg/ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 104 | Georgia | 15,821 kg/ha | 2024 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 105 | Myanmar | 15,634 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 106 | Turkmenistan | 15,306 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 107 | Faroe Islands | 15,250 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 108 | Comoros | 15,119 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 109 | Fiji | 15,000 kg/ha | 2019 | up 88.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Dominica | 14,917 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 111 | Honduras | 14,754 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 112 | Jamaica | 14,424 kg/ha | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 113 | Guinea | 14,163 kg/ha | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 114 | Réunion | 14,062 kg/ha | 2006 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 115 | Romania | 13,870 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 116 | Afghanistan | 13,640 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 117 | Malta | 13,549 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 118 | Iceland | 13,351 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 119 | Sri Lanka | 12,975 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 120 | Mongolia | 12,818 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 121 | Haiti | 12,695 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 122 | Mozambique | 12,358 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 12,311 kg/ha | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 124 | Bhutan | 12,290 kg/ha | 2024 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 125 | Sudan | 12,079 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 126 | Namibia | 12,063 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 127 | Serbia and Montenegro | 11,562 kg/ha | 2005 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 128 | USSR | 10,780 kg/ha | 1991 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 129 | Cameroon | 10,617 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Burundi | 10,016 kg/ha | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Kenya | 9,684 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 132 | Benin | 9,500 kg/ha | 2024 | down 27.8% | rising |
| 133 | French Polynesia | 9,358 kg/ha | 2021 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 134 | Chad | 9,120 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 135 | Belize | 8,942 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 136 | Yugoslav SFR | 8,876 kg/ha | 1991 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 137 | Congo | 8,624 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 138 | Ethiopia PDR | 8,000 kg/ha | 1992 | unchanged | flat |
| 139 | Rwanda | 7,916 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 140 | Angola | 7,886 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 141 | Guadeloupe | 7,000 kg/ha | 1974 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 142 | New Caledonia | 6,905 kg/ha | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 143 | Uganda | 6,857 kg/ha | 2024 | up 47.6% | falling |
| 144 | Madagascar | 6,038 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 145 | Mauritania | 5,915 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 146 | Papua New Guinea | 5,792 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 147 | Botswana | 3,852 kg/ha | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 148 | Nigeria | 3,755 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 149 | Eswatini | 2,097 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 150 | Paraguay | 2,089 kg/ha | 2024 | down 86.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 1,924 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Central African Republic | 1,079 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 153 | Eritrea | 649.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 44.1% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 50,900 kg/ha
- Northern America 48,178 kg/ha
- Oceania 42,665 kg/ha
- Western Europe 42,442 kg/ha
- Northern Europe 41,041 kg/ha
- Asia 22,222 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 36,697 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 33,608 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 17,740 kg/ha
- Americas 30,472 kg/ha
- Central America 29,969 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 15,134 kg/ha
- Western Asia 29,722 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 28,978 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 26,597 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 7,981 kg/ha
- Europe 25,255 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 23,912 kg/ha
- World 22,864 kg/ha
- Central Asia 22,473 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 20,485 kg/ha
- South America 20,445 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 18,639 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 18,015 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 17,537 kg/ha
- Africa 15,434 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 14,979 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 13,460 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 11,249 kg/ha
- Western Africa 6,219 kg/ha
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.