Potatoes — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Potatoes — Yield was 46,581 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is 46,581 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.0% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 46,581 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 21,545 kg/ha, in 1963.
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 2nd of 153 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,478 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,737 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 21,545 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 22,534 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 25,335 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1966 | 24,371 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1967 | 25,113 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 24,654 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1969 | 25,050 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 27,636 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 28,896 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 27,785 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 30,303 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1974 | 31,668 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 23,466 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1976 | 21,572 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1977 | 28,539 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1978 | 34,241 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 31,867 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 34,490 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1981 | 32,314 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 35,807 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 30,180 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1984 | 37,046 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1985 | 35,858 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 35,841 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 37,829 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 38,074 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 35,826 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 36,516 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 35,407 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1992 | 43,387 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1993 | 41,579 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 39,996 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 37,450 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1996 | 40,744 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 42,966 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 39,135 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 40,152 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 39,976 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 40,297 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 44,089 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 40,814 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2004 | 42,478 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 43,515 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 41,589 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 40,193 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 41,660 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 44,417 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 43,884 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 43,219 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 30,557 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2013 | 40,899 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2014 | 41,922 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 43,752 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2016 | 38,813 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2017 | 42,589 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2018 | 36,143 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2019 | 36,854 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 38,710 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 37,440 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 40,043 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 40,875 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 46,581 kg/ha | +14.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,758 kg/ha | 21,545 kg/ha | 25,335 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,597 kg/ha | 21,572 kg/ha | 34,241 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 35,327 kg/ha | 30,180 kg/ha | 38,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,733 kg/ha | 35,407 kg/ha | 43,387 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,903 kg/ha | 39,976 kg/ha | 44,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,863 kg/ha | 30,557 kg/ha | 43,884 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,730 kg/ha | 37,440 kg/ha | 46,581 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- 1 New Zealand 51,307 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 35,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,280 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28,752 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 23,888 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Potatoes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 46,581 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 46,581 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,545 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for potatoes — yield?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 2nd out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.