Potatoes — Yield in Panama
Panama: Potatoes — Yield was 26,457 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in Panama is 26,457 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Panama peaked at 27,668 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 9,952 kg/ha, in 1969.
That places Panama 51st 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,966 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 9,987 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 9,952 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 11,273 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1972 | 10,750 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 10,417 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 10,703 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 10,886 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 12,670 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1977 | 11,123 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1978 | 12,422 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1979 | 14,048 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 15,093 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1981 | 13,015 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1982 | 11,545 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1983 | 10,913 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1984 | 10,064 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1985 | 10,189 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 17,522 kg/ha | +72.0% |
| 1987 | 16,980 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 17,566 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 20,293 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1990 | 12,745 kg/ha | -37.2% |
| 1991 | 18,417 kg/ha | +44.5% |
| 1992 | 15,763 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1993 | 11,404 kg/ha | -27.6% |
| 1994 | 16,284 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1995 | 16,270 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 16,196 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 21,836 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 1998 | 16,176 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1999 | 16,069 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 13,080 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2001 | 20,617 kg/ha | +57.6% |
| 2002 | 22,515 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2003 | 22,930 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 22,473 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 20,052 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2006 | 27,668 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 2007 | 21,852 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2008 | 25,707 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 23,337 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 22,764 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 21,272 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2012 | 23,625 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 24,226 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 24,590 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 24,646 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 24,947 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 25,334 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 25,638 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 25,880 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 26,133 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 26,445 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 26,121 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 26,288 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 26,457 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 26,457 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Panama's 26,457 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,008 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | +72.0% | 10,189 kg/ha | 17,522 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +57.6% | 13,080 kg/ha | 20,617 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +44.5% | 12,745 kg/ha | 18,417 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +42.8% | 11,404 kg/ha | 16,284 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +38.0% | 20,052 kg/ha | 27,668 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -37.2% | 20,293 kg/ha | 12,745 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,989 kg/ha | 9,952 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,429 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 14,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,318 kg/ha | 10,064 kg/ha | 20,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,116 kg/ha | 11,404 kg/ha | 21,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,023 kg/ha | 13,080 kg/ha | 27,668 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,292 kg/ha | 21,272 kg/ha | 25,880 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,289 kg/ha | 26,121 kg/ha | 26,457 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Panama?
- Potatoes — yield in Panama was 26,457 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 27,668 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,952 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Panama rank for potatoes — yield?
- Panama ranks 51st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.