Potatoes — Yield in Western Europe
Western Europe: Potatoes — Yield was 42,442 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 42,442 kg/ha for potatoes — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Western Europe peaked at 47,487 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 18,320 kg/ha, in 1961.
Western Europe ranks 4th of 28 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,320 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,802 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1963 | 22,239 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1964 | 20,857 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1965 | 20,617 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 22,373 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1967 | 24,960 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1968 | 24,527 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1969 | 22,594 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 24,489 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1971 | 23,506 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 25,211 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1973 | 24,276 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 27,106 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 21,766 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1976 | 18,323 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1977 | 24,684 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 1978 | 26,072 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1979 | 27,660 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 25,138 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 28,103 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 26,685 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1983 | 22,568 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 30,499 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 1985 | 32,330 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 30,041 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1987 | 32,917 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1988 | 33,271 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 29,625 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 29,658 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 32,948 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 34,964 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 39,978 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 35,394 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1995 | 35,123 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1996 | 39,891 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1997 | 41,029 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 38,576 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 40,498 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 42,708 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 40,240 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 41,545 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 37,677 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 44,707 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2005 | 42,133 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 38,090 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 43,367 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 43,954 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 44,328 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 41,215 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 46,263 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2012 | 43,552 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 41,337 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 47,487 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 42,919 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 41,216 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 45,304 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 36,251 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2019 | 40,261 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 41,744 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 42,478 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 39,636 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 42,167 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 42,442 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,921 kg/ha | 18,320 kg/ha | 24,960 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,309 kg/ha | 18,323 kg/ha | 27,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,118 kg/ha | 22,568 kg/ha | 33,271 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 36,806 kg/ha | 29,658 kg/ha | 41,029 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,875 kg/ha | 37,677 kg/ha | 44,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,580 kg/ha | 36,251 kg/ha | 47,487 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,693 kg/ha | 39,636 kg/ha | 42,478 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 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
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 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
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 21,463 kg/ha compare
- 6 Australia and New Zealand 43,061 kg/ha compare
- 7 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — yield in Western Europe?
- Potatoes — yield in Western Europe was 42,442 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 47,487 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,320 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Europe rank for potatoes — yield?
- Western Europe ranks 4th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.