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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

>1,000,000 tonnes

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

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

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

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

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

References

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