Potatoes — Yield in Albania
Albania: Potatoes — Yield was 26,796 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Albania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Albania stood at 26,796 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Albania peaked at 27,233 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1988.
Albania ranks 50th 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 — Yield in Albania, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,213 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,434 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 1963 | 7,676 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 1964 | 9,039 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1965 | 5,754 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1966 | 8,732 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 1967 | 7,237 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1968 | 7,248 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 5,574 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1970 | 5,469 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 6,330 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1972 | 5,320 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1973 | 6,090 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1974 | 6,710 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1975 | 6,968 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 7,419 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 7,548 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 7,677 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 7,664 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 6,061 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1981 | 7,175 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1982 | 6,487 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1983 | 8,774 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1984 | 6,294 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1985 | 5,667 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 7,857 kg/ha | +38.7% |
| 1987 | 6,357 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1989 | 10,778 kg/ha | +115.6% |
| 1990 | 6,667 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 1991 | 7,782 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1992 | 8,292 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1993 | 9,845 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1994 | 8,140 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1995 | 11,132 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 1996 | 10,614 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 10,987 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 12,721 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1999 | 14,202 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2000 | 14,123 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 14,882 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 15,387 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 15,130 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 14,935 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 16,706 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2006 | 17,074 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 18,890 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 19,388 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 21,978 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2010 | 23,111 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 24,221 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 25,054 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 26,011 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 25,000 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 24,257 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 24,589 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 25,111 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 26,171 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 25,646 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 26,274 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 24,943 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 26,506 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 27,233 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 26,796 kg/ha | -1.6% |
Albania compared with similar countries
- Albania's 26,796 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Albania's 26,796 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Albania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +115.6% | 5,000 kg/ha | 10,778 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,101 kg/ha | 5,434 kg/ha | 9,039 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,720 kg/ha | 5,320 kg/ha | 7,677 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,045 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,038 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 14,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,849 kg/ha | 14,123 kg/ha | 21,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,917 kg/ha | 23,111 kg/ha | 26,171 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,351 kg/ha | 24,943 kg/ha | 27,233 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Albania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.17 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.148 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,923 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4113 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Albania?
- Potatoes — yield in Albania was 26,796 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Albania?
- The highest recorded value was 27,233 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Albania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Albania rank for potatoes — yield?
- Albania ranks 50th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Albania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Albania 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.