Potatoes — Yield in Canada
Canada: Potatoes — Yield was 41,658 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Canada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Canada recorded 41,658 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Canada peaked at 42,709 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9,664 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Canada 9th out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Canada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,096 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,215 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1963 | 17,974 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1964 | 19,052 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 17,314 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1966 | 19,146 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1967 | 17,177 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 19,468 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1969 | 18,967 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 19,490 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 18,836 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 18,735 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 19,316 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 21,769 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1975 | 20,735 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 21,974 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 22,523 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 22,689 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 24,330 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1980 | 23,174 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 23,949 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 24,524 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 22,615 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 23,777 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 26,271 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 25,274 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 26,627 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1988 | 24,519 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1989 | 25,121 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 25,099 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 9,664 kg/ha | -61.5% |
| 1992 | 11,817 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1993 | 10,767 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1994 | 11,245 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 10,786 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 11,232 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 11,120 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 11,227 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 11,052 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 11,631 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 10,270 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2002 | 11,165 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 11,842 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2004 | 12,363 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2005 | 11,505 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 13,048 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2007 | 12,650 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 12,606 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 12,745 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 39,081 kg/ha | +206.6% |
| 2011 | 36,646 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 38,609 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 41,061 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 41,384 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 42,709 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 38,779 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 39,378 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 38,913 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 38,776 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 36,748 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2021 | 40,009 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2022 | 40,810 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 41,639 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 41,658 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Canada compared with similar countries
- Canada's 41,658 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Canada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +206.6% | 12,745 kg/ha | 39,081 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -61.5% | 25,099 kg/ha | 9,664 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,157 kg/ha | 16,096 kg/ha | 19,468 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,040 kg/ha | 18,735 kg/ha | 24,330 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,585 kg/ha | 22,615 kg/ha | 26,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,401 kg/ha | 9,664 kg/ha | 25,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,983 kg/ha | 10,270 kg/ha | 13,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,533 kg/ha | 36,646 kg/ha | 42,709 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,173 kg/ha | 36,748 kg/ha | 41,658 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Canada
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,463 kg/ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 43,061 kg/ha compare
- 7 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 17,106 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,784 kg/ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 9,358 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 8,669 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Canada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 31.61 % change on previous year (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0193 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2022)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,092 current US$ per person (2022)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0803 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1712 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.9% (2022)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.9% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Canada?
- Potatoes — yield in Canada was 41,658 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Canada?
- The highest recorded value was 42,709 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Canada?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,664 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Canada rank for potatoes — yield?
- Canada ranks 9th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Canada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Canada 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.