Potatoes — Yield in Eritrea
Eritrea: Potatoes — Yield was 649.7 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Eritrea stood at 649.7 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 44.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Eritrea peaked at 8,333 kg/ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 411.7 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Eritrea 153rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Yield in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 8,200 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 8,090 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 8,003 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 7,959 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 8,077 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 8,333 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 8,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 6,921 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2001 | 5,805 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2002 | 6,112 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 4,340 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2004 | 6,400 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2005 | 7,931 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2006 | 7,849 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,451 kg/ha | -68.8% |
| 2008 | 840.6 kg/ha | -65.7% |
| 2009 | 1,200 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 2010 | 1,521 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2011 | 1,872 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2012 | 1,541 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2013 | 1,396 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 1,162 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 770.7 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2016 | 411.7 kg/ha | -46.6% |
| 2017 | 781.5 kg/ha | +89.8% |
| 2018 | 654.7 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 616 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 673 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 647.9 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 645.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 655.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 649.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 649.7 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 11,047 kg/ha, 6% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 649.7 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10,316 kg/ha, 6% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,095 kg/ha | 7,959 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 4,985 kg/ha | 840.6 kg/ha | 7,931 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,073 kg/ha | 411.7 kg/ha | 1,872 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 654.34 kg/ha | 645.6 kg/ha | 673 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 150 Paraguay 2,089 kg/ha compare
- 151 Burkina Faso 1,924 kg/ha compare
- 152 Central African Republic 1,079 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Eritrea?
- Potatoes — yield in Eritrea was 649.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 8,333 kg/ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 411.7 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Eritrea rank for potatoes — yield?
- Eritrea ranks 153rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.