Potatoes — Yield in Angola
Angola: Potatoes — Yield was 7,886 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Angola is 7,886 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Angola peaked at 9,000 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 2,015 kg/ha, in 2004.
That places Angola 140th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Angola, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,319 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1964 | 5,882 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 5,703 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1966 | 5,703 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,894 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 6,084 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 6,296 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 6,296 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,296 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,296 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,482 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 6,482 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 5,926 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 6,482 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 7,273 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1978 | 6,364 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1979 | 7,273 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,273 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,000 kg/ha | -45.0% |
| 1990 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 7,000 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 1994 | 9,000 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1995 | 7,694 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1996 | 7,000 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1997 | 6,857 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 6,287 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 5,460 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 2,988 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 2001 | 4,255 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 2002 | 4,275 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 4,521 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 2,015 kg/ha | -55.4% |
| 2005 | 2,365 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2006 | 5,215 kg/ha | +120.5% |
| 2007 | 6,214 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2008 | 8,508 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2009 | 8,651 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 8,742 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 8,137 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 6,938 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2013 | 6,330 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 6,324 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 6,287 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 6,272 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 7,208 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2018 | 7,177 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 7,117 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 7,195 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 7,175 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 7,381 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 7,607 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 7,886 kg/ha | +3.7% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 7,886 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 47% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Angola's 7,886 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Angola 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +120.5% | 2,365 kg/ha | 5,215 kg/ha |
| 1993 | +75.0% | 4,000 kg/ha | 7,000 kg/ha |
| 2004 | -55.4% | 4,521 kg/ha | 2,015 kg/ha |
| 1989 | -45.0% | 7,273 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -45.3% | 5,460 kg/ha | 2,988 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +42.4% | 2,988 kg/ha | 4,255 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,654 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,296 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,517 kg/ha | 5,926 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,945 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 7,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,130 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,901 kg/ha | 2,015 kg/ha | 8,651 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,053 kg/ha | 6,272 kg/ha | 8,742 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,449 kg/ha | 7,175 kg/ha | 7,886 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 137 Congo 8,624 kg/ha compare
- 138 Ethiopia PDR 8,000 kg/ha compare
- 139 Rwanda 7,916 kg/ha compare
- 141 Guadeloupe 7,000 kg/ha compare
- 142 New Caledonia 6,905 kg/ha compare
- 143 Uganda 6,857 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Angola?
- Potatoes — yield in Angola was 7,886 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 9,000 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,015 kg/ha in 2004.
- How does Angola rank for potatoes — yield?
- Angola ranks 140th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Angola 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.