Potatoes — Yield in Italy
Italy: Potatoes — Yield was 28,778 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Italy is 28,778 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Italy peaked at 30,299 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 9,453 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Italy 43rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,383 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,453 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1963 | 11,359 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1964 | 10,744 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 10,191 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1966 | 11,114 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 11,825 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 12,412 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 12,981 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 12,805 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 13,722 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 15,204 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1973 | 15,862 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 15,699 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1975 | 16,232 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 16,837 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 16,610 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 16,487 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 17,895 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1980 | 18,120 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 18,768 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 17,324 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 17,047 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 17,661 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 17,441 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 19,100 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 18,765 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 18,423 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 19,716 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 19,162 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 20,011 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 22,659 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 22,457 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 23,378 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 23,289 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 22,467 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1997 | 22,261 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 24,342 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 24,184 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 25,070 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 25,091 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 24,100 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 21,770 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 25,148 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2005 | 25,082 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 24,607 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2007 | 25,630 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 22,724 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 24,835 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 24,968 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 24,916 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 25,451 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 25,248 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 26,083 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 27,156 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2016 | 28,437 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 27,731 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 28,163 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 28,593 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 30,299 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 29,168 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 28,343 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 27,843 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 28,778 kg/ha | +3.4% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 28,778 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Italy's 28,778 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,162 kg/ha | 9,453 kg/ha | 12,981 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,735 kg/ha | 12,805 kg/ha | 17,895 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,236 kg/ha | 17,047 kg/ha | 19,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,421 kg/ha | 19,162 kg/ha | 24,342 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,406 kg/ha | 21,770 kg/ha | 25,630 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,675 kg/ha | 24,916 kg/ha | 28,593 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,886 kg/ha | 27,843 kg/ha | 30,299 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Italy?
- Potatoes — yield in Italy was 28,778 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 30,299 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,453 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for potatoes — yield?
- Italy ranks 43rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.