Potatoes — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Potatoes — Yield was 18,181 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Thailand stood at 18,181 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 1.7% on the previous year and up 13.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Thailand peaked at 18,884 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,573 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Thailand 84th 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,985 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,333 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 7,667 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 6,667 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1965 | 5,500 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1966 | 7,778 kg/ha | +41.4% |
| 1967 | 8,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,541 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1974 | 6,532 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 9,944 kg/ha | +52.2% |
| 1976 | 2,573 kg/ha | -74.1% |
| 1977 | 10,486 kg/ha | +307.5% |
| 1978 | 10,361 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 8,938 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1980 | 7,762 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1981 | 9,988 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1982 | 11,899 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1983 | 14,216 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1984 | 10,471 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1985 | 12,284 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1986 | 12,456 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 7,841 kg/ha | -37.0% |
| 1988 | 8,594 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 8,333 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 9,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 8,333 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 12,857 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 1993 | 12,500 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 13,333 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 14,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 17,125 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1997 | 16,670 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 12,347 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1999 | 13,078 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 13,078 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12,090 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2002 | 12,072 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 13,005 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 14,322 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2005 | 15,108 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 15,282 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 15,750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 15,046 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 16,595 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 14,202 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2011 | 14,642 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 15,338 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 15,001 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 16,079 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2015 | 16,528 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 16,994 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 18,086 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2018 | 18,148 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 17,821 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 18,399 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 18,884 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 18,234 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 18,503 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 18,181 kg/ha | -1.7% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 18,181 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 18,181 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,105 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +307.5% | 2,573 kg/ha | 10,486 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -74.1% | 9,944 kg/ha | 2,573 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +54.3% | 8,333 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +52.2% | 6,532 kg/ha | 9,944 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,548 kg/ha | 5,500 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,938 kg/ha | 2,573 kg/ha | 10,486 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,384 kg/ha | 7,762 kg/ha | 14,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,924 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 17,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,235 kg/ha | 12,072 kg/ha | 16,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,284 kg/ha | 14,202 kg/ha | 18,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,440 kg/ha | 18,181 kg/ha | 18,884 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Thailand?
- Potatoes — yield in Thailand was 18,181 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 18,884 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,573 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Thailand rank for potatoes — yield?
- Thailand ranks 84th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.