Potatoes — Yield in Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan: Potatoes — Yield was 15,306 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Turkmenistan, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Turkmenistan recorded 15,306 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Turkmenistan peaked at 22,252 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 2,308 kg/ha, in 1994.
Turkmenistan ranks 106th of 153 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Turkmenistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 11,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 8,000 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1994 | 2,308 kg/ha | -71.2% |
| 1995 | 5,250 kg/ha | +127.5% |
| 1996 | 8,387 kg/ha | +59.8% |
| 1997 | 10,713 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1998 | 12,866 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1999 | 14,814 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 17,616 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2001 | 18,352 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 21,934 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 22,085 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 22,212 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 21,985 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 21,391 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 22,252 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 18,766 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2009 | 17,748 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 17,214 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 16,656 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2012 | 16,170 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 15,458 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2014 | 14,901 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 13,426 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 13,340 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 15,037 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2018 | 15,122 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 15,355 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 14,883 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 14,645 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 13,141 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2023 | 14,068 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 15,306 kg/ha | +8.8% |
Turkmenistan compared with similar countries
- Turkmenistan's 15,306 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 19,409 kg/ha, 79% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Turkmenistan's 15,306 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 61% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Potatoes — Yield in Turkmenistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +127.5% | 2,308 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -71.2% | 8,000 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +59.8% | 5,250 kg/ha | 8,387 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,251 kg/ha | 2,308 kg/ha | 14,814 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 20,434 kg/ha | 17,616 kg/ha | 22,252 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,268 kg/ha | 13,340 kg/ha | 17,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,409 kg/ha | 13,141 kg/ha | 15,306 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Turkmenistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1236 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 808.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5289 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.4% (2025)
- Rural population 52.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Turkmenistan?
- Potatoes — yield in Turkmenistan was 15,306 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The highest recorded value was 22,252 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Turkmenistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,308 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Turkmenistan rank for potatoes — yield?
- Turkmenistan ranks 106th out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Turkmenistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Turkmenistan 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.