Potatoes — Yield in Fiji
Fiji: Potatoes — Yield was 15,000 kg/ha in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Yield in Fiji, 1961–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Fiji is 15,000 kg/ha, measured in 2019. That is the highest value across all 59 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 25.0% on the previous year and up 88.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Fiji peaked at 15,000 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Fiji 109th out of 153 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Potatoes — Yield in Fiji, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,667 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1964 | 2,449 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 2,083 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 2,292 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1967 | 2,500 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1968 | 2,459 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 4,570 kg/ha | +85.8% |
| 1970 | 6,773 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1971 | 2,308 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 1972 | 2,308 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,602 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1974 | 2,047 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1975 | 2,208 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1976 | 2,143 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 2,333 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 2,500 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 2,750 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 2,667 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 3,000 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,571 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 3,333 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1985 | 4,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1986 | 3,750 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 4,286 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1988 | 4,333 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 4,231 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1990 | 7,529 kg/ha | +78.0% |
| 1991 | 8,571 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1992 | 8,454 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 3,571 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 1994 | 9,273 kg/ha | +159.6% |
| 1995 | 8,500 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 7,998 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1997 | 8,030 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 8,074 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 7,328 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 7,651 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 7,669 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 7,690 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 7,710 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 7,760 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 7,778 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 8,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 7,997 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,983 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 7,944 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 7,177 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 7,108 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 6,500 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2013 | 6,091 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 6,851 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2015 | 12,000 kg/ha | +75.2% |
| 2016 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 15,000 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 15,000 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,105 kg/ha, 93% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +159.6% | 3,571 kg/ha | 9,273 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +85.8% | 2,459 kg/ha | 4,570 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +78.0% | 4,231 kg/ha | 7,529 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +75.2% | 6,851 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -65.9% | 6,773 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,558 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,570 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,797 kg/ha | 2,047 kg/ha | 6,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,617 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,733 kg/ha | 3,571 kg/ha | 9,273 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,818 kg/ha | 7,651 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,673 kg/ha | 6,091 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Fiji?
- Potatoes — yield in Fiji was 15,000 kg/ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Fiji rank for potatoes — yield?
- Fiji ranks 109th out of 153 countries with data for 2019.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is up 88.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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.