FAO updates global potato statistics

Dear Readers, the data in the tables below was obtained from the FAOSTAT website, and it is for 2020. Please note that the latest global potato statistics provided by the FAO were updated in December, 2022. We extracted this 2021 data for “total production” (in metric tonnes) and present the results for 100 potato producing countries on this page of Potato News Today.

The 2020 data for potatoes as it relates to “total production” (metric tonnes) and “total area harvested” (hectares) for 140 potato producing countries can be found in the tables below.

Readers can of course visit the FAOSTAT website and perform their own searches of the database as preferred – the English version can be accessed here: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data. From this page, choose “Production”, and then “Crops and Livestocks” and there you will find several options on the data you prefer to access.

Please note: The FAOSTAT data presented here might not exactly correlate with the official data provided by government and/or industry organizations for some countries, but it should be close enough for most.

Potato production (FAOSTAT, 2020) – metric tonnes
World total: 359 million

1. China	78,183,874
2. India	51,300,000
3. Ukraine	20,837,990
4. Russian Federation	19,607,361
5. United States of America	18,789,970
6. Germany	11,715,100
7. Bangladesh	9,606,000
8. France	8,691,900
9. Poland	7,848,600
10. Netherlands	7,020,060
11. United Kingdom	5,520,000
12. Peru	5,467,041
13. Canada	5,295,484
14. Belarus	5,231,168
15. Egypt	5,215,905
16. Turkey	5,200,000
17. Algeria	4,659,482
18. Pakistan	4,552,656
19. Iran	4,474,886
20. Kazakhstan	4,006,780
21. Belgium	3,928,910
22. Brazil	3,767,769
23. Uzbekistan	3,143,818
24. Nepal	3,131,830
25. Denmark	2,762,900
26. Romania	2,698,500
27. Colombia	2,625,272
28. South Africa	2,546,996
29. Argentina	2,426,526
30. Japan	2,274,435
31. Spain	2,051,830
32. Mexico	1,943,910
33. Kenya	1,859,776
34. Morocco	1,707,068
35. Italy	1,434,650
36. Kyrgyzstan	1,327,163
37. Malawi	1,318,236
38. Bolivia	1,317,923
39. Chile	1,288,154
40. Indonesia	1,282,768
41. Nigeria	1,199,324
42. Ethiopia	1,141,872
43. Tanzania	1,078,270
44. Australia	1,076,780
45. Azerbaijan	1,037,637
46. Tajikistan	986,327
47. Austria	885,890
48. Sweden	877,200
49. Rwanda	858,521
50. Afghanistan	855,395
51. Czechia	696,220
52. Iraq	674,840
53. Serbia	664,891
54. North Korea	661,092
55. Syrian Arab Republic	647,319
56. Lebanon	628,409
57. Finland	624,400
58. Guatemala	589,761
59. Saudi Arabia	561,301
60. South Korea	553,194
61. New Zealand	553,115
62. Israel	498,868
63. Sudan	493,882
64. Switzerland	490,000
65. Venezuela	488,155
66. Myanmar	483,967
67. Greece	450,640
68. Tunisia	450,000
69. Angola	446,111
70. Bosnia and Herzegovina	441,218
71. Armenia	437,226
72. Portugal	409,640
73. Ecuador	408,313
74. Libya	366,749
75. Norway	361,200
76. Cameroon	354,404
77. Mozambique	312,583
78. Uganda	309,286
79. Turkmenistan	303,982
80. Ireland	300,150
81. Lithuania	296,740
82. Burundi	294,666
83. Viet Nam	294,090
84. Hungary	270,090
85. Guinea	266,866
86. Albania	254,886
87. Madagascar	247,446
88. Mongolia	244,262
89. Niger	235,635
90. Yemen	233,201
91. Mali	225,880
92. Georgia	208,600
93. North Macedonia	193,426
94. Jordan	192,746
95. Bulgaria	192,330
96. Latvia	181,100
97. Croatia	174,280
98. Moldova	171,899
99. Slovakia	166,200
100. Senegal	147,985
101. Lesotho	128,803
102. Thailand	126,864
103. Cuba	115,385
104. Philippines	113,562
105. Democratic Republic of the Congo	103,818
106. Dominican Republic	91,972
107. Slovenia	89,080
108. Estonia	88,390
109. Cyprus	80,300
110. Zambia	79,980
111. Uruguay	73,706
112. Nicaragua	68,817
113. Burkina Faso	66,786
114. Sri Lanka	65,085
115. Palestine	60,084
116. Taiwan	52,722
117. Costa Rica	47,619
118. Bhutan	45,500
119. Kuwait	43,619
120. Chad	39,932
121. Haiti	36,922
122. Honduras	26,781
123. Panama	26,104
124. Montenegro	23,526
125. Luxembourg	16,370
126. Oman	16,146
127. Mauritius	15,828
128. Zimbabwe	15,189
129. Jamaica	14,685
130. Namibia	14,328
131. Eswatini	8,300
132. Malta	7,990
133. Iceland	7,379
134. Congo	7,025
135. El Salvador	6,878
136. Botswana	5,260
137. United Arab Emirates	4,238
138. Paraguay	3,983
139. Laos	3,560
140. New Caledonia	2,616

Potato area harvested (FAOSTAT, 2020) – hectares
World total: 16,5 million

1. China	4,218,188
2. India	2,158,000
3. Ukraine	1,325,200
4. Russian Federation	1,178,098
5. Bangladesh	461,351
6. United States of America	369,930
7. Peru	331,895
8. Nigeria	319,024
9. Germany	273,500
10. Belarus	253,442
11. Poland	225,740
12. France	214,500
13. Kazakhstan	193,806
14. Nepal	188,098
15. Pakistan	185,360
16. Bolivia	182,449
17. Egypt	178,608
18. Kenya	176,252
19. Romania	174,990
20. Netherlands	164,500
21. Algeria	149,465
22. Turkey	147,965
23. North Korea	146,737
24. Canada	143,616
25. United Kingdom	142,000
26. Iran	131,073
27. Colombia	125,426
28. Tanzania	118,455
29. Brazil	117,253
30. Rwanda	104,494
31. Belgium	97,340
32. Uzbekistan	92,602
33. Ethiopia	85,988
34. Kyrgyzstan	76,315
35. Argentina	75,793
36. Malawi	73,105
37. Japan	72,306
38. Angola	69,407
39. South Africa	68,237
40. Indonesia	65,621
41. Spain	65,400
42. Denmark	62,800
43. Mexico	60,855
44. Morocco	57,534
45. Azerbaijan	56,987
46. Afghanistan	53,674
47. Uganda	50,559
48. Tajikistan	47,492
49. Italy	47,350
50. Chile	44,145
51. Madagascar	41,101
52. Bosnia and Herzegovina	39,051
53. Sudan	37,311
54. Myanmar	31,350
55. Burundi	30,212
56. Serbia	29,676
57. Syrian Arab Republic	27,489
58. Australia	27,057
59. Tunisia	26,026
60. Venezuela	25,208
61. Ecuador	24,882
62. Austria	24,260
63. Iraq	24,120
64. Sweden	24,070
65. Czechia	23,880
66. South Korea	23,599
67. Guatemala	23,044
68. Lebanon	22,649
69. Democratic Republic of the Congo	22,537
70. Moldova	22,533
71. Cameroon	21,533
72. Finland	20,700
73. Armenia	20,522
74. Mozambique	19,599
75. Saudi Arabia	19,487
76. Lithuania	18,870
77. Viet Nam	18,804
78. Libya	18,410
79. Mongolia	17,596
80. Portugal	17,530
81. Greece	15,730
82. Georgia	15,700
83. Yemen	15,597
84. Turkmenistan	15,173
85. Israel	14,184
86. Norway	13,072
87. North Macedonia	12,911
88. Guinea	12,800
89. Switzerland	10,957
90. New Zealand	10,901
91. Hungary	10,270
92. Bulgaria	9,950
93. Albania	9,701
94. Mali	9,588
95. Croatia	9,330
96. Ireland	8,890
97. Latvia	8,500
98. Niger	7,571
99. Lesotho	7,460
100. Philippines	7,213
101. Slovakia	7,000
102. Thailand	6,895
103. Senegal	6,277
104. Burkina Faso	5,972
105. Cuba	5,570
106. Jordan	5,161
107. Bhutan	4,034
108. Chad	3,987
109. Eswatini	3,949
110. Cyprus	3,800
111. Uruguay	3,642
112. Sri Lanka	3,565
113. Nicaragua	3,443
114. Dominican Republic	3,433
115. Estonia	3,380
116. Zambia	3,187
117. Slovenia	2,940
118. Haiti	2,917
119. Costa Rica	2,745
120. Taiwan	2,654
121. Zimbabwe	2,389
122. Honduras	1,881
123. Palestine	1,641
124. Montenegro	1,360
125. Central African Republic	1,312
126. Botswana	1,267
127. Timor-Leste	1,235
128. Namibia	1,187
129. Panama	1,039
130. Jamaica	996
131. Kuwait	895
132. Mauritius	834
133. Congo	815
134. Luxembourg	620
135. Oman	617
136. Malta	570
137. Iceland	400
138. Mauritania	364
139. New Caledonia	310
140. Paraguay	277