Potatoes — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Potatoes — Yield was 13,640 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 13,640 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 19,003 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 7,667 kg/ha, in 1962.
Afghanistan ranks 116th of 153 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,667 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1963 | 8,133 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 8,600 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1965 | 8,800 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 9,067 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 9,800 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 10,199 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 9,536 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 11,133 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1972 | 10,395 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1973 | 11,000 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1974 | 10,964 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 11,441 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 17,879 kg/ha | +56.3% |
| 1977 | 10,526 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 1978 | 13,736 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1979 | 14,358 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 14,860 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1981 | 15,424 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 15,511 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 15,765 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 14,444 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 14,091 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 15,867 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 15,500 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 15,571 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 15,263 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 16,842 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1991 | 16,642 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 16,667 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 16,691 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 16,594 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 16,619 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 16,643 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 16,786 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 16,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 16,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 16,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 16,786 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 16,429 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2003 | 16,667 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 17,647 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 15,000 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2006 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 15,040 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 14,000 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 12,000 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 10,000 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2012 | 10,952 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 13,196 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2014 | 13,605 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 13,090 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 11,987 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 15,979 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2018 | 19,003 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2019 | 16,141 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2020 | 15,937 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 15,786 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 15,875 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 14,574 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2024 | 13,640 kg/ha | -6.4% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 13,640 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 11,047 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 13,640 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,679 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +56.3% | 11,441 kg/ha | 17,879 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -41.1% | 17,879 kg/ha | 10,526 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +33.3% | 11,987 kg/ha | 15,979 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +30.5% | 10,526 kg/ha | 13,736 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,992 kg/ha | 7,667 kg/ha | 10,199 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,097 kg/ha | 9,536 kg/ha | 17,879 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,230 kg/ha | 14,091 kg/ha | 15,867 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,705 kg/ha | 16,594 kg/ha | 16,842 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,735 kg/ha | 14,000 kg/ha | 17,647 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,595 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 19,003 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,162 kg/ha | 13,640 kg/ha | 15,937 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Afghanistan?
- Potatoes — yield in Afghanistan was 13,640 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 19,003 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,667 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Afghanistan rank for potatoes — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 116th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes — Yield. 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.