Potatoes — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Potatoes — Yield was 17,491 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Cuba is 17,491 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and down 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Cuba peaked at 27,444 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 5,775 kg/ha, in 1971.
Cuba ranks 94th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,300 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,416 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 11,284 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 11,076 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 11,132 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 11,552 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 11,638 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 16,396 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1969 | 9,807 kg/ha | -40.2% |
| 1970 | 6,980 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1971 | 5,775 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1972 | 14,570 kg/ha | +152.3% |
| 1973 | 9,932 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1974 | 8,115 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1975 | 12,755 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 1976 | 14,201 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 12,604 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1978 | 18,910 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1979 | 15,373 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1980 | 17,200 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 16,953 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 17,812 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1983 | 16,254 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 15,626 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 20,622 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1986 | 22,287 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 18,522 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1988 | 18,249 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 17,181 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 12,027 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1991 | 13,398 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 18,031 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1993 | 16,958 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1994 | 12,951 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1995 | 21,295 kg/ha | +64.4% |
| 1996 | 26,570 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1997 | 19,146 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1998 | 16,952 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1999 | 24,658 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 2000 | 27,444 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 26,051 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 25,769 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 23,971 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2004 | 26,400 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 25,422 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 24,641 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 14,710 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 2008 | 20,033 kg/ha | +36.2% |
| 2009 | 22,324 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2010 | 22,085 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 22,485 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 20,538 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2013 | 21,595 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 20,759 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2015 | 22,720 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 21,727 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 21,736 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21,931 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 20,494 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2020 | 20,715 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 19,755 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 16,755 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2023 | 16,172 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2024 | 17,491 kg/ha | +8.2% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 17,491 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 17,491 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,008 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +152.3% | 5,775 kg/ha | 14,570 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,733 kg/ha | 9,807 kg/ha | 16,396 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,922 kg/ha | 5,775 kg/ha | 18,910 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,071 kg/ha | 15,626 kg/ha | 22,287 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,199 kg/ha | 12,027 kg/ha | 26,570 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,676 kg/ha | 14,710 kg/ha | 27,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,607 kg/ha | 20,494 kg/ha | 22,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,178 kg/ha | 16,172 kg/ha | 20,715 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 91 Yemen 17,704 kg/ha compare
- 92 Russian Federation 17,598 kg/ha compare
- 93 Ukraine 17,501 kg/ha compare
- 95 Montenegro 17,345 kg/ha compare
- 96 Bosnia and Herzegovina 16,960 kg/ha compare
- 97 Bulgaria 16,830 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Cuba?
- Potatoes — yield in Cuba was 17,491 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 27,444 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,775 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Cuba rank for potatoes — yield?
- Cuba ranks 94th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.