Potatoes — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Potatoes — Yield was 39,592 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Belgium is 39,592 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.8% on the previous year and down 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Belgium peaked at 54,000 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 32,631 kg/ha, in 2018.
Belgium ranks 14th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 44,406 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 41,227 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 47,148 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2003 | 42,532 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 48,396 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2005 | 42,814 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2006 | 38,545 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 46,949 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2008 | 46,071 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 44,708 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 42,268 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 50,141 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2012 | 45,423 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 45,464 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 54,000 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2015 | 46,923 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2016 | 38,163 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2017 | 47,565 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 2018 | 32,631 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 2019 | 41,019 kg/ha | +25.7% |
| 2020 | 40,363 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 43,055 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 38,914 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2023 | 42,026 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2024 | 39,592 kg/ha | -5.8% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 39,592 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 39,592 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 44,279 kg/ha | 38,545 kg/ha | 48,396 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,360 kg/ha | 32,631 kg/ha | 54,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,790 kg/ha | 38,914 kg/ha | 43,055 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 8,669 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,537 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
- 14 Melanesia 6,440 kg/ha compare
- 15 Kuwait 38,123 kg/ha compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,573 kg/ha compare
- 16 South Africa 37,951 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,206 kg/ha compare
- 17 Sweden 37,311 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Belgium?
- Potatoes — yield in Belgium was 39,592 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 54,000 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 32,631 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Belgium rank for potatoes — yield?
- Belgium ranks 14th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium 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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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.