List of countries by potato production

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Countries by potato production in 2020

This is a list of countries by potato production from 2016 to 2020, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production for potatoes in 2020 was 359,071,403 metric tonnes, up 1.2% from 354,812,093 tonnes in 2019.[n 1] China was the largest producer, accounting for 21.8% of world production, followed by India at 14.3%. Dependent territories are shown in italics.

Production by country[edit]

>1,000,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
1  China 78,183,874 75,595,403 90,259,155 88,481,500 84,928,500
2  India 51,300,000 50,190,000 51,310,000 48,605,000 43,417,000
3  Ukraine 20,837,990 20,269,190 22,503,970 22,208,220 21,750,290
4  Russia 19,607,361 22,074,874 22,394,960 21,707,645 22,463,487
5  United States 18,789,970 19,251,320 20,421,560 20,453,430 20,426,359
6  Germany 11,715,100 10,602,200 8,920,800 11,720,000 10,772,100
7  Bangladesh 9,606,000 9,655,082 9,744,412 10,215,957 9,474,099
8  France 8,691,900 8,560,410 7,860,380 8,547,354 6,954,983
9  Poland 7,848,600 6,481,620 7,311,960 9,171,733 8,872,445
10  Netherlands 7,020,060 6,961,230 6,025,370 7,391,881 6,534,338
11  United Kingdom 5,520,000 5,307,000 5,060,000 6,218,000 5,395,000
12  Peru 5,467,041 5,389,231 5,133,927 4,776,294 4,514,239
13  Canada 5,295,484 5,364,169 5,204,548 5,419,238 5,345,626
14  Belarus 5,231,168 6,105,294 5,864,325 6,414,755 5,984,069
15  Egypt 5,215,910 5,200,563 4,960,062 4,841,040 4,113,441
16  Turkey 5,200,000 4,979,824 4,550,000 4,800,000 4,750,000
17  Algeria 4,659,482 5,020,249 4,653,322 4,606,402 4,759,677
18  Pakistan 4,552,656 4,869,312 4,591,776 3,852,897 3,977,595
19  Iran 4,474,886 3,673,984 3,574,934 4,117,462 4,995,327
20  Kazakhstan 4,006,780 3,912,103 3,806,992 3,551,114 3,545,695
21  Belgium 3,928,910 4,027,620 3,045,440 4,416,665 3,402,787
22  Brazil 3,767,769 3,711,744 3,728,953 3,655,069 3,851,396
23  Uzbekistan 3,143,818 3,089,658 2,911,933 2,793,689 2,789,476
24    Nepal 3,131,830 3,112,947 3,088,000 2,691,037 2,805,582
25  Denmark 2,762,900 2,408,700 1,806,800 2,171,000 1,954,016
26  Romania 2,698,500 2,626,790 3,022,760 3,116,912 2,689,733
27  Colombia 2,625,272 3,123,804 3,018,999 3,706,563 3,034,031
28  South Africa 2,546,996 2,505,775 2,467,724 2,456,990 2,150,811
29  Argentina 2,426,526 2,427,611 2,403,193 2,448,774 2,430,866
30  Japan 2,274,435 2,399,000 2,260,000 2,395,000 2,199,000
31  Spain 2,051,830 2,259,320 2,010,930 2,239,470 2,246,204
32  Mexico 1,943,910 1,783,896 1,802,592 1,715,499 1,796,814
33  Kenya 1,859,776 1,978,952 1,870,375 1,519,870 1,335,883
34  Morocco 1,707,068 1,956,711 1,869,149 1,924,871 1,743,617
35  Italy 1,434,650 1,338,430 1,307,600 1,346,936 1,368,920
36  Kyrgyzstan 1,327,163 1,373,800 1,446,610 1,416,011 1,388,369
37  Malawi 1,318,236 1,113,077 1,125,874 1,226,603 1,043,338
38  Bolivia 1,317,923 1,256,584 1,160,940 1,045,291 1,073,744
39  Chile 1,288,154 1,162,568 1,183,357 1,426,479 1,166,025
40  Indonesia 1,282,768 1,314,654 1,284,760 1,164,743 1,213,041
41  Nigeria 1,199,324 1,194,375 1,205,893 1,197,706 1,179,526
42  Ethiopia 1,141,872 924,528 933,109 968,970 921,403
43  Tanzania 1,078,270 1,013,408 1,080,144 583,082 1,081,454
44  Australia 1,076,780 1,225,274 1,188,655 1,105,194 1,130,175
45  Azerbaijan 1,037,637 1,004,172 898,914 913,899 902,396

100,000–1,000,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
46  Tajikistan 986,327 994,433 964,644 782,892 898,116
47  Austria 885,890 751,260 697,930 653,400 767,261
48  Sweden 877,200 846,900 723,000 852,500 862,500
49  Rwanda 858,521 973,408 916,062 846,184 751,284
50  Afghanistan 855,395 921,122 615,684 513,194 427,917
51  Czech Republic 696,220 622,600 583,560 688,970 699,605
52  Iraq 674,840 392,348 165,589 266,794 190,702
53  Serbia 664,891 702,086 487,909 589,241 714,350
54  North Korea 661,092 684,587 570,807 425,047 587,642
55  Syria 647,319 635,519 562,342 562,416 478,370
56  Lebanon 628,409 610,697 658,306 651,922 631,973
57  Finland 624,400 618,900 600,300 611,900 587,600
58  Guatemala 589,761 570,462 560,655 551,122 538,532
59  Saudi Arabia 561,301 472,127 425,250 476,418 466,402
60  South Korea 553,194 630,140 548,065 466,755 555,670
61  New Zealand 553,115 520,501 499,374 474,435 472,345
62  Israel 498,868 524,394 511,163 522,424 597,677
63  Sudan 493,882 465,927 439,554 418,622 415,300
64   Switzerland 490,000 413,984 447,600 461,188 372,900
65  Venezuela 488,155 465,709 445,679 421,006 452,673
66  Myanmar 483,967 485,823 488,535 499,949 554,309
67  Greece 450,640 470,210 465,770 499,506 491,973
68  Tunisia 450,000 435,000 465,000 420,000 440,000
69  Angola 446,111 455,249 458,217 461,186 670,456
70  Bosnia and Herzegovina 441,218 381,308 394,274 337,137 417,976
71  Armenia 437,226 404,057 415,050 547,420 606,314
72  Portugal 409,640 424,290 431,690 515,030 451,041
73  Ecuador 408,313 275,346 269,201 377,243 422,589
74  Libya 366,749 360,217 358,572 339,561 337,465
75  Norway 361,200 332,200 326,400 315,500 350,800
76  Cameroon 354,404 365,127 340,091 315,000 377,257
77  Mozambique 312,583 297,859 322,539 294,600 246,500
78  Uganda 309,286 326,000 327,332 299,338 171,271
79  Turkmenistan 303,982 299,074 307,934 304,937 284,349
80  Ireland 300,150 382,370 273,010 412,425 352,000
81  Lithuania 296,740 329,780 289,800 237,045 351,484
82  Burundi 294,666 376,441 302,665 204,891 145,687
83  Vietnam 294,090 333,729 376,377 303,675 302,229
84  Hungary 270,090 343,540 327,580 402,853 429,435
85  Guinea 266,866 162,213 151,326 131,588 114,424
86  Albania 254,886 260,661 254,543 249,804 238,345
87  Madagascar 247,446 250,000 257,379 250,160 244,412
88  Mongolia 244,262 192,240 168,883 121,808 165,329
89  Niger 235,635 198,392 168,569 165,743 161,181
90  Yemen 233,201 233,051 229,777 240,446 242,195
91  Mali 225,880 303,257 310,902 251,558 210,209
92  Georgia 208,600 194,700 237,500 180,100 249,000
93  North Macedonia 193,426 190,527 181,931 178,951 198,529
94  Jordan 192,746 173,653 153,199 155,639 273,906
95  Bulgaria 192,330 197,410 261,690 227,815 127,182
96  Latvia 181,100 223,700 196,200 408,300 491,600
97  Croatia 174,280 173,150 182,260 156,089 193,962
98  Moldova 171,899 176,850 174,774 197,020 213,975
99  Slovakia 166,200 182,420 169,950 149,705 177,145
100  Senegal 147,985 140,000 118,783 67,485 67,485
101  Lesotho 128,803 128,234 126,935 131,241 126,525
102  Thailand 126,864 127,935 108,291 107,103 119,778
103  Cuba 115,385 129,500 135,147 147,044 95,663
104  Philippines 113,562 116,061 117,423 117,637 116,783
105  Democratic Republic of the Congo 103,818 102,932 101,694 100,468 100,136

10,000–100,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
106  Dominican Republic 91,972 94,056 88,557 84,162 84,127
107  Slovenia 89,080 65,960 72,920 77,076 84,897
108  Estonia 88,390 80,130 58,030 91,182 89,842
109  Cyprus 80,300 82,100 105,330 109,923 122,803
110  Zambia 79,980 38,786 13,546 31,750 24,428
111  Uruguay 73,706 94,400 87,000 94,327 89,000
112  Nicaragua 68,817 66,858 66,169 59,699 39,919
113  Burkina Faso 66,786 70,540 63,635 58,751 70,501
114  Sri Lanka 65,085 101,642 88,897 73,358 80,458
115  Palestine 60,084 59,845 59,634 47,457 42,000
116  Taiwan 52,722 62,447 62,287 54,929 58,023
117  Costa Rica 47,619 52,824 48,748 89,620 97,979
118  Bhutan 45,500 43,560 44,278 57,223 58,820
119  Kuwait 43,619 34,807 36,212 51,771 14,986
120  Chad 39,932 40,072 41,868 41,298 37,152
121  Haiti 36,922 36,867 35,924 37,976 36,700
122  Honduras 26,781 26,565 26,643 26,237 25,500
123  Panama 26,104 25,852 24,424 21,039 31,180
124  Montenegro 23,526 26,560 26,098 27,500 29,917
125  Luxembourg 16,370 15,330 16,210 21,284 18,714
126  Oman 16,146 15,766 15,613 15,737 13,116
127  Mauritius 15,828 14,822 17,033 14,124 16,326
128  Zimbabwe 15,189 15,297 15,035 15,235 15,620
129  Jamaica 14,685 15,717 16,184 17,148 17,007
130  Namibia 14,328 14,183 14,513 14,287 13,748

<10,000 tonnes[edit]

Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
131  Swaziland 8,300 8,287 8,229 8,383 8,248
132  Malta 7,990 8,990 9,360 8,740 6,825
133  Iceland 7,379 8,200 6,020 9,000 9,930
134  Republic of the Congo 7,025 6,938 7,016 7,121 6,677
135  El Salvador 6,878 8,468 10,597 10,595 13,304
136  Botswana 5,260 1,800 12,335 8,765 N/A
137  United Arab Emirates 4,238 4,193 451 359 4,862
138  Paraguay 3,983 3,867 3,851 3,760 3,625
139  Laos 3,560 2,200 2,160 1,585 34,320
140  New Caledonia 2,616 2,485 2,510 1,841 1,379
141  Cape Verde 2,550 2,666 2,200 4,041 2,000
142  Mauritania 2,253 2,249 2,249 2,353 2,333
143  Faroe Islands 1,533 1,530 1,527 1,516 1,562
144  Central African Republic 1,331 1,329 1,335 1,329 1,322
145  East Timor 1,298 1,299 1,299 1,314 1,279
146  Papua New Guinea 1,219 1,223 1,220 1,214 1,236
147  Belize 1,184 1,582 1,540 1,308 986
148  Comoros 716 719 711 719 726
149  French Polynesia 557 563 568 572 563
150  Qatar 206 87 17 104 69
151  Dominica 142 142 143 142 140
152  Benin 63 96 60 98 103
153  Eritrea 54 54 54 8 37
154  Bahrain 14 30 85 75 54
 Fiji 0 44 24 270 266

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 8 June 2022. Countries – Select All; Regions – World + (Total); Elements – Production Quantity; Items – Potatoes; Years – 2020 + 2019 + 2018 + 2017 + 2016