List of countries by potato production

This is a list of countries by potato production from 2016 to 2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production for potatoes in 2022 was 374,777,763 metric tonnes, up 0.3% from 373,787,150 tonnes in 2021.[1] China was the largest producer, accounting for 25.5% of world production, followed by India at 15.0%. Dependent territories are shown in italics.

Countries by potato production in 2020

Production by country

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>1,000,000 tonnes

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Rank Country 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
1   China 95,570,055 94,300,000 92,800,000 89,500,000 90,259,155 88,481,500 84,928,500
2   India 56,176,000 54,230,000 48,562,000 50,190,000 51,310,000 48,605,000 43,417,000
3   Ukraine 20,899,210 21,356,320 20,837,990 20,269,190 22,503,970 22,208,220 21,750,290
4   Russia 18,887,679 18,295,535 19,607,361 22,074,874 22,394,960 21,707,645 22,463,487
5   United States 17,791,840 18,589,530 19,051,790 19,251,320 20,421,560 20,453,430 20,426,359
6   Germany 10,683,400 11,312,100 11,715,100 10,602,200 8,920,800 11,720,000 10,722,100
7   Bangladesh 10,144,835 9,887,242 9,606,000 9,655,082 9,744,412 10,215,957 9,474,099
8   France 8,067,380 8,987,220 8,822,180 8,560,410 7,860,380 8,547,354 6,954,983
9   Pakistan 7,936,884 5,872,960 4,552,656 4,869,312 4,591,776 3,852,897 3,977,595
10   Netherlands 6,915,900 6,675,590 7,020,060 6,961,230 6,025,370 7,391,881 6,534,338
11   Canada 6,248,376 6,372,183 5,286,792 5,364,169 5,204,548 5,419,238 5,345,626
12   Egypt 6,155,467 6,273,931 6,786,340 5,200,563 4,960,062 4,841,040 4,113,441
13   Poland 6,030,930 7,081,460 7,859,510 6,481,620 7,311,960 9,171,733 8,872,445
14   Peru 6,021,030 5,702,350 5,515,378 5,389,231 5,133,927 4,776,294 5,389,231
15   Turkey 5,200,000 5,100,000 5,200,000 4,979,824 4,550,000 4,800,000 4,750,000
16   United Kingdom 4,797,301 5,127,387 5,512,813 5,307,000 5,060,000 6,218,000 5,395,000
17   Algeria 4,299,817 4,360,880 4,659,482 5,020,249 4,653,322 4,606,402 4,759,677
18   Kazakhstan 4,080,473 4,031,582 4,006,780 3,912,103 3,806,992 3,551,114 3,545,695
19   Brazil 3,889,797 3,853,464 3,752,999 3,711,744 3,728,953 3,655,069 3,851,396
20   Belarus 3,857,256 3,405,055 3,707,899 4,354,700 4,347,600 5,009,400 4,896,600
21   Belgium 3,577,730 3,871,470 3,928,910 4,027,620 3,045,440 4,416,665 3,402,787
22   Uzbekistan 3,443,224 3,285,646 3,143,818 3,089,658 2,911,933 2,793,689 2,789,476
23     Nepal 3,410,829 3,325,231 3,131,830 3,112,947 3,088,000 2,691,037 2,805,582
24   Denmark 2,617,600 2,374,600 2,762,900 2,408,700 1,806,800 2,171,000 1,954,016
25   Iran 2,600,000 2,599,089 3,214,971 3,452,328 3,574,934 4,117,462 4,995,327
26   South Africa 2,528,946 2,595,280 2,669,147 2,673,768 2,467,724 2,456,990 2,150,811
27   Colombia 2,526,330 2,596,518 2,625,272 3,123,804 3,018,999 3,706,563 3,034,031
28   Argentina 2,223,409 2,949,947 2,884,000 2,600,000 2,483,769 2,459,310 2,430,866
29   Japan 2,106,363 2,175,000 2,205,000 2,399,000 2,260,000 2,395,000 2,199,000
30   Spain 1,881,920 2,081,110 2,051,830 2,259,320 2,010,930 2,239,470 2,246,204
31   Mexico 1,870,129 1,947,761 1,943,910 1,783,896 1,802,592 1,715,499 1,796,814
32   Morocco 1,768,362 1,641,853 1,707,068 1,956,711 1,869,149 1,924,871 1,743,617
33   Kenya 1,745,000 2,107,824 1,859,776 1,978,952 1,870,375 1,519,870 1,335,883
34   Indonesia 1,503,998 1,361,064 1,282,768 1,314,654 1,284,760 1,164,743 1,213,041
35   Malawi 1,465,202 1,419,527 1,318,236 1,113,077 1,125,874 1,226,603 1,043,338
36   Romania 1,345,780 1,397,840 1,601,240 2,626,790 3,022,760 3,116,912 2,689,733
37   Italy 1,332,980 1,362,130 1,434,650 1,338,430 1,307,600 1,346,936 1,368,920
38   Ethiopia 1,294,304 1,309,600 1,141,872 924,528 933,109 968,970 921,403
39   Kyrgyzstan 1,257,012 1,289,108 1,327,163 1,373,800 1,446,610 1,416,011 1,388,369
40   Bolivia 1,243,913 1,272,649 1,317,923 1,256,584 1,160,940 1,045,291 1,073,744
41   Nigeria 1,216,409 1,216,885 1,221,406 1,210,936 1,218,313 1,234,968 1,179,526
42   Australia 1,108,930 1,267,639 1,076,780 1,225,274 1,188,655 1,105,194 1,130,175
43   Azerbaijan 1,074,261 1,061,958 1,037,637 1,004,172 898,914 913,899 902,396
44   Chile 1,024,511 994,508 1,288,154 1,162,568 1,183,357 1,426,479 1,166,025
45   Tanzania 1,013,154 1,070,070 1,095,855 1,013,408 1,080,144 583,082 1,081,454

100,000–1,000,000 tonnes

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Rank Country 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
46   Rwanda 908,007 938,281 858,521 973,408 916,062 846,184 751,284
47   Tajikistan 903,117 903,000 916,000 994,433 964,644 782,892 898,116
48   Afghanistan 889,000 879,371 855,395 921,122 615,684 513,194 427,917
49   Sweden 852,200 826,000 877,200 846,900 723,000 852,500 862,500
50   Turkmenistan 698,749 535,908 490,606 382,382 359,747 354,743 351,971
51   Austria 686,220 769,690 885,890 751,260 697,930 653,400 767,261
52   Lebanon 676,470 659,480 628,410 572,110 645,900 651,922 631,973
53   Czechia 655,260 671,860 696,220 622,600 583,560 688,970 699,605
54   Saudi Arabia 605,000 578,108 562,310 474,065 482,350 476,418 466,402
55   South Korea 586,826 554,893 553,194 630,140 548,065 466,755 555,670
56   Guatemala 585,481 585,358 598,685 585,358 560,655 551,122 538,532
57   Finland 561,700 558,790 624,400 618,900 600,300 611,900 587,600
58   Syria 554,740 594,625 647,319 635,519 562,342 562,416 507,384
59   North Korea 535,093 645,998 661,092 684,587 570,807 425,047 587,642
60   Serbia 523,762 613,785 664,891 702,086 487,909 589,241 714,350
61   Sudan 520,102 504,267 493,882 465,927 439,554 418,622 415,300
62   Angola 502,204 485,371 480,560 455,249 458,217 461,186 670,456
63   Israel 487,753 522,925 527,965 524,394 511,163 522,424 597,677
64   Venezuela 476,796 473,517 451,334 427,319 379,472 421,006 452,673
65   Guinea 457,632 349,747 266,866 200,576 151,326 131,588 114,424
66   New Zealand 428,451 552,007 549,617 522,253 496,650 472,183 472,345
67   Myanmar 426,129 441,807 468,098 485,823 488,535 499,949 554,309
68   Tunisia 400,000 450,000 450,000 435,000 465,000 420,000 440,000
69   Greece 391,940 381,740 450,640 470,210 465,770 499,506 491,973
70    Switzerland 390,000 342,752 488,638 413,984 447,600 461,188 372,900
71   Norway 376,400 368,900 361,200 332,200 326,400 315,500 350,800
72   Cameroon 371,642 319,853 321,755 336,378 377,912 369,493 359,798
73   Ireland 367,950 407,500 300,150 382,370 273,010 412,425 352,000
74   Burundi 354,554 350,000 350,000 376,441 302,665 204,891 145,687
75   Armenia 351,3393 364,557 437,226 404,057 415,050 547,420 606,314
76   Yemen 336,739 347,377 242,575 233,051 229,777 240,446 242,195
77   Vietnam 332,851 323,685 294,090 333,729 376,377 303,675 302,229
78   Libya 321,044 328,887 366,750 359,460 357,590 319,112 337,465
79   Portugal 319,830 413,320 409,640 424,290 431,690 515,030 451,041
80   Bosnia and Herzegovina 312,923 339,727 441,218 381,308 394,274 337,137 417,976
81   Niger 296,719 339,524 235,635 198,392 168,569 165,743 161,181
82   Mali 285,310 218,062 225,880 303,257 310,902 251,558 210,209
83   Iraq 270,591 466,127 674,840 392,348 165,589 266,794 190,702
84   Albania 262,673 258,862 254,886 260,661 254,543 249,804 238,345
85   Madagascar 252,408 250,155 247,021 250,000 257,379 250,160 244,412
86   Ecuador 251,433 244,749 408,313 275,346 269,201 377,243 422,589
87   Uganda 244,071 241,230 250,000 260,000 327,332 299,338 171,271
88   Lithuania 226,420 200,160 296,740 329,780 289,800 237,045 351,484
89   Mongolia 214,005 182,638 244,262 192,240 168,883 121,808 165,330
90   Hungary 199,210 239,840 270,090 343,540 327,580 402,853 429,435
91   Georgia 198,900 234,700 208,600 194,700 237,500 180,100 249,000
92   North Macedonia 196,886 179,815 193,426 190,527 181,931 178,951 198,529
93   Jordan 196,602 189,372 147,913 173,653 153,199 155,639 273,906
94   Bulgaria 172,210 195,640 192,330 197,410 261,690 227,815 127,182
95   Moldova 171,800 218,300 171,899 176,850 174,774 197,020 213,975
96   Senegal 140,500 143,640 147,985 140,000 118,783 67,485 67,485
97   Slovakia 130,630 151,100 166,200 182,420 169,950 149,705 177,145
98   Latvia 130,400 115,100 181,100 223,700 196,200 408,300 491,600
99   Lesotho 129,488 129,957 129,643 128,864 131,364 128,703 126,525
100   Thailand 110,860 119,897 126,864 127,935 108,291 107,103 119,778
101   Philippines 107,416 103,058 113,562 116,061 117,423 117,637 116,783
102   Democratic Republic of the Congo 106,743 105,457 104,157 102,932 101,694 100,468 100,136
103   Croatia 103,400 127,830 174,280 173,150 182,260 156,089 193,962

10,000–100,000 tonnes

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Rank Country 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
104   Cuba 92,942 97,292 115,385 129,500 135,147 147,044 95,663
105   Dominican Republic 92,425 90,802 89,125 94,056 88,557 84,162 84,127
106   Cyprus 90,000 98,980 91,880 82,100 105,330 109,923 122,803
107   Costa Rica 77,784 42,334 47,619 52,824 48,748 89,620 97,979
108   Mozambique 72,890 57,684 65,418 65,473 65,531 65,592 65,656
109   Estonia 72,620 66,270 88,390 80,130 58,030 91,182 89,842
110   Palestine 66,040 69,689 60,080 59,640 61,730 63,333 42,000
111   Taiwan 61,340 62,175 52,722 62,447 62,287 54,929 58,023
112   Slovenia 58,230 64,040 89,880 65,960 72,920 77,076 84,897
113   Nicaragua 56,416 77,710 68,817 66,858 66,169 59,699 39,919
114   Zambia 52,372 62,358 79,980 38,786 13,546 31,750 24,428
115   Sri Lanka 47,614 75,911 65,085 101,642 88,897 73,358 80,458
116   Uruguay 46,500 93,121 73,706 94,400 87,000 94,327 89,000
117   Chad 36,496 36,315 36,506 36,668 35,771 37,081 37,152
118   Kuwait 35,159 28,996 18,681 34,807 36,212 51,771 14,986
119   Haiti 35,040 35,032 34,807 35,280 35,010 34,131 36,700
120   Bhutan 31,146 38,573 45,500 43,560 44,278 57,223 58,820
121   Burkina Faso 28,855 27,376 35,274 37,000 29,000 32,000 13,000
122   Panama 27,001 27,256 32,310 23,302 24,424 21,039 31,180
123   Honduras 26,804 26,748 26,790 26,875 26,578 26,053 25,500
124   Montenegro 24,579 27,547 29,460 26,557 26,098 27,500 29,917
125   Jamaica 18,669 16,751 14,685 15,717 16,184 17,148 17,007
126   Luxembourg 14,610 16,220 16,370 15,330 16,210 21,284 18,714
127   Mauritius 14,495 12,910 14,192 14,822 17,033 14,124 16,326
128   Namibia 14,284 14,341 14,328 14,183 14,513 14,287 13,748
129   Oman 12,861 12,462 16,146 15,766 15,613 15,737 13,116
130   Zimbabwe 12,494 12,261 14,523 17,913 15,410 15,888 15,620

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Rank Country 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016
131   Eswatini 8,468 8,461 8,438 8,504 8,441 8,369 8,248
132   El Salvador 7,857 9,169 10,340 8,468 10,597 10,595 13,304
133   Iceland 7,200 6,355 7,379 8,200 6,020 9,000 9,930
134   Malta 7,120 7,120 7,990 8,990 9,360 8,740 6,825
135   Republic of the Congo 6,985 6,993 7,025 6,938 7,016 7,121 6,677
136   Paraguay 4,167 4,089 3,983 3,867 3,851 5,760 3,625
137   Cape Verde 4,031 2,400 2,550 2,666 2,200 4,041 2,000
138   Laos 3,957 4,007 3,770 2,200 2,160 1,585 34,320
139   Comoros 3,498 3,378 3,253 3,128 3,003 2,878 2,753
140   Botswana 3,394 2,307 2,461 1,800 12,335 8,765
141   Mauritania 2,233 2,229 2,226 2,226 2,374 2,353 2,333
142   United Arab Emirates 1,920 1,853 1,051 4,193 451 359 4,862
143   Faroe Islands 1,539 1,534 1,529 1,520 1,518 1,522 1,562
144   Central African Republic 1,337 1,339 1,338 1,334 1,345 1,335 1,322
145   Papua New Guinea 1,248 1,245 1,251 1,247 1,237 1,267 1,236
146   East Timor 1,073 1,007 1,134 1,181 1,236 1,255 1,279
147   Belize 592 1,426 1,184 1,582 1,540 1,308 986
148   French Polynesia 540 542 546 533 547 559 563
149   Qatar 503 490 206 87 17 104 69
150   New Caledonia 358 2,264 2,616 2,485 2,510 1,841 1,379
151   Benin 276 156 63 95 60 108 103
152   Dominica 149 149 149 148 148 148 148
153   Eritrea 59 59 62 55 59 70 37
154   Bahrain 30 32 30 30 85 75 54
155   Fiji 44 24 270 266

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References

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  1. ^ a b "FAOSTAT". www.fao.org. Retrieved 22 May 2024.