Potatoes — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Potatoes — Yield was 32,782 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Morocco is 32,782 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Morocco peaked at 36,356 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 1968.
Morocco ranks 26th 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,484 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1963 | 9,051 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 10,330 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1965 | 10,470 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 10,538 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 8,542 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1968 | 8,000 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1969 | 10,714 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1970 | 9,821 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1971 | 9,821 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,000 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 1973 | 14,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 13,750 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 10,007 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1976 | 10,359 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1977 | 12,000 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1978 | 14,100 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1979 | 14,200 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 14,300 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 14,000 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 11,925 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1983 | 15,739 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1984 | 15,946 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 17,372 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1986 | 16,590 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 21,714 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1988 | 16,729 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1989 | 16,706 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 17,185 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 17,195 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1992 | 15,141 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 15,615 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 17,652 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1995 | 16,630 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 19,047 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1997 | 17,871 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 19,043 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1999 | 18,336 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 18,019 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 18,774 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 23,198 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2003 | 21,777 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 24,165 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2005 | 23,809 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 26,327 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 24,798 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 24,468 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 19,533 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2010 | 28,350 kg/ha | +45.1% |
| 2011 | 29,758 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 27,980 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2013 | 36,356 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 2014 | 30,717 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2015 | 29,829 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 29,337 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 29,939 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 30,132 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 31,326 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 29,671 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 31,704 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2022 | 32,819 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2023 | 31,554 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 32,782 kg/ha | +3.9% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 32,782 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 16,651 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 32,782 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,679 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,681 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 10,714 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,206 kg/ha | 9,821 kg/ha | 14,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,102 kg/ha | 11,925 kg/ha | 21,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,372 kg/ha | 15,141 kg/ha | 19,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,487 kg/ha | 18,019 kg/ha | 26,327 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30,372 kg/ha | 27,980 kg/ha | 36,356 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,706 kg/ha | 29,671 kg/ha | 32,819 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 23 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 24 Brazil 33,520 kg/ha compare
- 25 Saudi Arabia 33,172 kg/ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 11,344 kg/ha compare
- 27 Mexico 32,714 kg/ha compare
- 28 El Salvador 32,312 kg/ha compare
- 29 Japan 32,309 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Morocco?
- Potatoes — yield in Morocco was 32,782 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 36,356 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Morocco rank for potatoes — yield?
- Morocco ranks 26th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.