Global potato statistics: Latest FAO data published

The latest global potato statistics provided by the FAO via its FAOSTAT database 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 in the table below (ranging from most to least).

According to the FAO data, a total of 376 million tonnes of potatoes were produced world wide, with China (94 million tonnes) and India (54 million tonnes) the largest potato producing countries in 2021. FAO figures indicate that the total area harvested globally in 2021 was 18,132,694 hectares – a world average of about 21 tonnes per hectare.

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 choose “Crops and Livestocks” (and then click on the left of “crops primary” in the Item section to get a listing of all crops).

Please note: The FAOSTAT data presented here might not correlate exactly 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, 2021) – metric tonnes
World total: 376 million

1. China	94,362,175
2. India	54,230,000
3. Ukraine	21,356,320
4. USA	18,582,370
5. Russian Federation	18,295,535
6. Germany	11,312,100
7. Bangladesh	9,887,242
8. France	8,987,220
9. Poland	7,081,460
10. Egypt	6,902,816
11. Netherlands	6,675,590
12. Canada	6,372,183
13. Pakistan	5,872,960
14. Peru	5,661,443
15. United Kingdom	5,306,719
16. Türkiye	5,100,000
17. Belarus	4,807,731
18. Algeria	4,360,880
19. Kazakhstan	4,031,581
20. Belgium	3,871,470
21. Brazil	3,853,464
22. Nepal	3,325,231
23. Uzbekistan	3,285,646
24. Argentina	2,954,797
25. Colombia	2,621,344
26. Iran	2,599,088
27. South Africa	2,595,280
28. Denmark	2,374,600
29. Japan	2,130,905
30. Kenya	2,107,824
31. Spain	2,081,110
32. Mexico	1,947,760
33. Morocco	1,641,853
34. Malawi	1,428,644
35. Romania	1,397,840
36. Italy	1,362,130
37. Indonesia	1,361,064
38. Kyrgyzstan	1,289,108
39. Bolivia	1,272,648
40. Australia	1,267,638
41. Nigeria	1,216,884
42. Ethiopia	1,141,856
43. Tanzania	1,075,445
44. Azerbaijan	1,061,957
45. Chile	994,507
46. Rwanda	938,281
47. Tajikistan	903,000
48. Afghanistan	864,771
49. Sweden	826,000
50. Austria	769,690
51. Czechia	671,860
52. Lebanon	659,481
53. North Korea	653,125
54. Serbia	613,785
55. Guatemala	608,837
56. Syria	594,625
57. Saudi Arabia	578,108
58. Turkmenistan	572,641
59. Finland	558,790
60. South Korea	554,893
61. New Zealand	554,052
62. Israel	509,412
63. Sudan	504,331
64. Angola	485,371
65. Venezuela	474,322
66. Iraq	466,127
67. Myanmar	465,598
68. Armenia	464,333
69. Tunisia	450,000
70. Portugal	413,320
71. Ireland	407,500
72. Greece	381,740
73. Switzerland	372,900
74. Norway	368,900
75. Cameroon	365,730
76. Guinea	349,747
77. Bosnia and Herzegovina	339,727
78. Burundi	339,573
79. Libya	328,887
80. Mozambique	326,562
81. Viet Nam	323,684
82. Albania	258,862
83. Niger	258,309
84. Madagascar	251,257
85. Uganda	246,393
86. Ecuador	244,749
87. Hungary	239,840
88. Georgia	234,700
89. Yemen	228,352
90. Moldova	218,300
91. Mali	218,062
92. Lithuania	200,160
93. Bulgaria	195,640
94. Mongolia	182,638
95. North Macedonia	179,815
96. Jordan	177,501
97. Slovakia	151,100
98. Senegal	143,640
99. Thailand	133,579
100. Croatia	127,830