Potatoes — Yield in Austria
Austria: Potatoes — Yield was 31,673 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Austria is 31,673 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 9.9% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Austria peaked at 36,516 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17,567 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Austria 31st out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Austria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,781 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,045 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 21,778 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 21,825 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 17,567 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1966 | 22,016 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1967 | 22,782 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1968 | 26,666 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1969 | 26,122 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 24,598 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1971 | 25,797 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 23,196 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1973 | 25,139 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1974 | 24,255 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 22,846 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1976 | 23,816 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 22,463 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1978 | 24,619 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 25,732 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 24,043 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 26,386 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1982 | 24,547 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1983 | 24,918 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 27,542 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 27,630 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 28,186 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 25,770 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1988 | 30,229 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1989 | 26,099 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1990 | 24,985 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 23,637 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1992 | 22,347 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 28,492 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1994 | 19,965 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 1995 | 26,795 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1996 | 29,200 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 28,832 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 28,306 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 30,704 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 29,263 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2001 | 30,039 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 30,383 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 26,529 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2004 | 31,612 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2005 | 34,398 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 29,864 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 29,493 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 33,199 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2009 | 32,495 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 30,570 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 35,713 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2012 | 30,549 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2013 | 28,590 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 35,102 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2015 | 26,339 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 36,156 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 2017 | 28,420 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2018 | 29,374 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2019 | 31,342 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 36,516 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2021 | 34,118 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 32,006 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2023 | 28,809 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 31,673 kg/ha | +9.9% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 31,673 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Austria's 31,673 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,953 kg/ha | 17,567 kg/ha | 26,666 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,246 kg/ha | 22,463 kg/ha | 25,797 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,535 kg/ha | 24,043 kg/ha | 30,229 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,326 kg/ha | 19,965 kg/ha | 30,704 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,728 kg/ha | 26,529 kg/ha | 34,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,215 kg/ha | 26,339 kg/ha | 36,156 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,624 kg/ha | 28,809 kg/ha | 36,516 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Austria?
- Potatoes — yield in Austria was 31,673 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 36,516 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,567 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Austria rank for potatoes — yield?
- Austria ranks 31st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria 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.