Potatoes — Yield in Latvia
Latvia: Potatoes — Yield was 18,408 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Latvia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Latvia is 18,408 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Latvia peaked at 22,370 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 11,167 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Latvia 83rd 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 33 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Latvia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 12,048 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 14,501 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1994 | 12,996 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 11,470 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 13,747 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1997 | 13,595 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 11,804 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 15,878 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 2000 | 14,563 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 11,167 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2002 | 14,336 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2003 | 13,535 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 12,851 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2005 | 14,594 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2006 | 12,215 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 15,933 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 2008 | 17,815 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 17,513 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 16,080 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 16,801 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 19,110 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 18,165 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 18,869 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 20,050 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2016 | 21,281 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 18,991 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 19,818 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 22,370 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2020 | 21,306 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2021 | 15,767 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 2022 | 16,935 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2023 | 18,438 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2024 | 18,408 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 18,408 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 18,408 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 74% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,255 kg/ha | 11,470 kg/ha | 15,878 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 14,452 kg/ha | 11,167 kg/ha | 17,815 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,154 kg/ha | 16,080 kg/ha | 22,370 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,171 kg/ha | 15,767 kg/ha | 21,306 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
More agriculture & rural data for Latvia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,055 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3137 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Latvia?
- Potatoes — yield in Latvia was 18,408 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,370 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,167 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Latvia rank for potatoes — yield?
- Latvia ranks 83rd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.