Potatoes — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Potatoes — Yield was 29,722 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Western Asia stood at 29,722 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Western Asia peaked at 29,722 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,774 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Western Asia 10th out of 28 groups 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,774 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,132 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1963 | 11,329 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 11,895 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 11,930 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 11,988 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 12,068 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 12,450 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 12,577 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 12,897 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 12,992 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 13,307 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 12,930 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 12,770 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 14,201 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 15,487 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 15,789 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 15,623 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 17,331 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 16,906 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 16,904 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 17,005 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 17,060 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 17,690 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 19,887 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 20,693 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 21,233 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 20,874 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 20,841 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 21,410 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 21,527 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 19,676 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 20,311 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 19,604 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 20,752 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 20,706 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 19,334 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 20,553 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 21,710 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 19,868 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 19,971 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 20,707 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 21,076 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 21,455 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 21,025 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 21,536 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 22,169 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 21,372 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 22,912 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 23,470 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 23,556 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 21,811 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 23,036 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 23,209 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 24,576 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 25,687 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 26,294 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 26,190 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 27,041 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 27,817 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 28,151 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 28,305 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 29,656 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 29,722 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,682 kg/ha | 9,774 kg/ha | 12,577 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,333 kg/ha | 12,770 kg/ha | 17,331 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,909 kg/ha | 16,904 kg/ha | 21,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,558 kg/ha | 19,334 kg/ha | 21,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,209 kg/ha | 19,868 kg/ha | 22,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,487 kg/ha | 21,811 kg/ha | 27,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,730 kg/ha | 27,817 kg/ha | 29,722 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 7 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 8 Viet Nam 17,106 kg/ha compare
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,784 kg/ha compare
- 10 Polynesia 9,358 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 8,669 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,537 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 5.1 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Potatoes — Production, annual growth rate 10.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.2215 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Western Asia?
- Potatoes — yield in Western Asia was 29,722 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,722 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,774 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for potatoes — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.