Potatoes — Yield in Israel
Israel: Potatoes — Yield was 34,856 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Israel is 34,856 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Israel peaked at 45,438 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 19,101 kg/ha, in 1961.
Israel ranks 20th of 153 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,101 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,884 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 21,105 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 23,602 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1965 | 21,533 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 24,481 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 21,179 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1968 | 22,857 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 23,702 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1970 | 28,385 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1971 | 25,563 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1972 | 25,737 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 29,377 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 26,784 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 32,929 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1976 | 32,412 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 33,178 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 34,068 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 35,462 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1980 | 34,203 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1981 | 39,945 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1982 | 42,373 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1983 | 45,296 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 38,636 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1985 | 37,782 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 38,155 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 39,087 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 35,831 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1989 | 37,840 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 34,200 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1991 | 24,792 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1992 | 29,913 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 1993 | 30,504 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 35,589 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 34,088 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 45,438 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1997 | 31,598 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1998 | 38,715 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1999 | 36,831 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 34,435 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 34,765 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 32,739 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2003 | 25,724 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2004 | 35,490 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 2005 | 35,393 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 30,438 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 36,400 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2008 | 32,287 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 32,044 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 33,899 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 34,056 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 36,422 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2013 | 34,202 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2014 | 35,768 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 31,914 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 34,068 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 34,667 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 34,788 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 37,529 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 35,502 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 34,848 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 34,791 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 34,823 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 34,856 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 34,856 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Israel's 34,856 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,679 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,049 kg/ha | 19,101 kg/ha | 24,481 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,390 kg/ha | 25,563 kg/ha | 35,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,915 kg/ha | 34,203 kg/ha | 45,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,167 kg/ha | 24,792 kg/ha | 45,438 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,971 kg/ha | 25,724 kg/ha | 36,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 34,731 kg/ha | 31,914 kg/ha | 37,529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,964 kg/ha | 34,791 kg/ha | 35,502 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 17 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 3,206 kg/ha compare
- 17 Sweden 37,311 kg/ha compare
- 18 Palestine 36,594 kg/ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 908.8 kg/ha compare
- 19 Argentina 35,778 kg/ha compare
- 19 Caribbean 20,136 kg/ha compare
- 21 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
- 22 Chile 34,548 kg/ha compare
- 23 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Israel?
- Potatoes — yield in Israel was 34,856 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 45,438 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,101 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Israel rank for potatoes — yield?
- Israel ranks 20th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Israel 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.