Potatoes — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Potatoes — Yield was 12,290 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Bhutan is 12,290 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Bhutan peaked at 13,852 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6,299 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Bhutan 124th 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,306 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,302 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 6,301 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,299 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,420 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 6,415 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 6,482 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 6,498 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 6,379 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 6,441 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 6,452 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 6,508 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1974 | 6,502 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 6,515 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 6,567 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1977 | 6,618 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 6,714 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 6,667 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 6,730 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 6,768 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 6,667 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 7,886 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 1985 | 6,750 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1986 | 7,000 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 9,804 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1988 | 12,195 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1989 | 12,000 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 11,983 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 8,382 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1992 | 8,471 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 8,560 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 8,648 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 8,737 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 8,826 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 8,915 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 8,909 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 7,925 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2000 | 7,097 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2001 | 7,714 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 7,527 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 9,828 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2004 | 13,852 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 2005 | 9,144 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 2006 | 9,573 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 10,121 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 9,501 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2009 | 9,864 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 11,737 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2011 | 8,252 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2012 | 8,468 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 10,601 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2014 | 8,896 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 9,930 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 9,925 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 11,022 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 9,826 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2019 | 10,403 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2020 | 10,867 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 11,556 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 9,838 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2023 | 11,637 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2024 | 12,290 kg/ha | +5.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 12,290 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 12,290 kg/ha is below the median for South Asia, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +40.9% | 9,828 kg/ha | 13,852 kg/ha |
| 1987 | +40.1% | 7,000 kg/ha | 9,804 kg/ha |
| 2005 | -34.0% | 13,852 kg/ha | 9,144 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -30.0% | 11,983 kg/ha | 8,382 kg/ha |
| 2011 | -29.7% | 11,737 kg/ha | 8,252 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +30.6% | 7,527 kg/ha | 9,828 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,378 kg/ha | 6,299 kg/ha | 6,498 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,548 kg/ha | 6,441 kg/ha | 6,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,247 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 12,195 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,936 kg/ha | 7,925 kg/ha | 11,983 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,422 kg/ha | 7,097 kg/ha | 13,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,906 kg/ha | 8,252 kg/ha | 11,737 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,238 kg/ha | 9,838 kg/ha | 12,290 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Bhutan?
- Potatoes — yield in Bhutan was 12,290 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 13,852 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,299 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Bhutan rank for potatoes — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 124th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.