Potatoes — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Potatoes — Yield was 33,520 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Brazil is 33,520 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Brazil peaked at 33,929 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,648 kg/ha, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 24th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Yield in Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,648 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,779 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 5,845 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 6,056 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 6,160 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1966 | 6,667 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 6,745 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 7,086 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 6,815 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 7,394 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 7,596 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 7,852 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 7,087 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1974 | 8,697 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1975 | 8,654 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 9,505 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 9,687 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 9,530 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1979 | 10,554 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 10,711 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 11,184 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 11,807 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 10,804 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 12,577 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1985 | 12,540 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 11,402 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 13,236 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 13,274 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 13,587 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 14,108 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 14,026 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 14,043 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 14,609 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 14,480 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 15,230 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 14,651 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 15,275 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 15,644 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 16,460 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 17,181 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 18,500 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 19,404 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 20,342 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2004 | 21,352 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 22,010 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 22,380 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 24,036 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2008 | 25,373 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 24,830 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 25,886 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2011 | 26,253 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 27,446 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2013 | 27,752 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 27,941 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 29,316 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 29,662 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 30,941 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 31,176 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 31,766 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 32,008 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 33,099 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 33,072 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 33,929 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2024 | 33,520 kg/ha | -1.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 33,520 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 33,520 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,008 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,311 kg/ha | 5,648 kg/ha | 7,086 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,655 kg/ha | 7,087 kg/ha | 10,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,112 kg/ha | 10,711 kg/ha | 13,587 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,853 kg/ha | 14,026 kg/ha | 16,460 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,541 kg/ha | 17,181 kg/ha | 25,373 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,814 kg/ha | 25,886 kg/ha | 31,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,126 kg/ha | 32,008 kg/ha | 33,929 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 21 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
- 22 Chile 34,548 kg/ha compare
- 23 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 33,172 kg/ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 11,344 kg/ha compare
- 26 Morocco 32,782 kg/ha compare
- 27 Mexico 32,714 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Brazil?
- Potatoes — yield in Brazil was 33,520 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 33,929 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,648 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for potatoes — yield?
- Brazil ranks 24th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Brazil 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.