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 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.
Production by country
[edit]| Country | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China |
95,570,055 | 94,300,000 | 92,800,000 | 89,500,000 | 90,259,155 | 88,481,500 | 84,928,500 |
 India |
56,176,000 | 54,230,000 | 48,562,000 | 50,190,000 | 51,310,000 | 48,605,000 | 43,417,000 |
 Ukraine |
20,899,210 | 21,356,320 | 20,837,990 | 20,269,190 | 22,503,970 | 22,208,220 | 21,750,290 |
 Russia |
18,887,679 | 18,295,535 | 19,607,361 | 22,074,874 | 22,394,960 | 21,707,645 | 22,463,487 |
 United States |
17,791,840 | 18,589,530 | 19,051,790 | 19,251,320 | 20,421,560 | 20,453,430 | 20,426,359 |
 Germany |
10,683,400 | 11,312,100 | 11,715,100 | 10,602,200 | 8,920,800 | 11,720,000 | 10,722,100 |
 Bangladesh |
10,144,835 | 9,887,242 | 9,606,000 | 9,655,082 | 9,744,412 | 10,215,957 | 9,474,099 |
 France |
8,067,380 | 8,987,220 | 8,822,180 | 8,560,410 | 7,860,380 | 8,547,354 | 6,954,983 |
 Pakistan |
7,936,884 | 5,872,960 | 4,552,656 | 4,869,312 | 4,591,776 | 3,852,897 | 3,977,595 |
 Netherlands |
6,915,900 | 6,675,590 | 7,020,060 | 6,961,230 | 6,025,370 | 7,391,881 | 6,534,338 |
 Canada |
6,248,376 | 6,372,183 | 5,286,792 | 5,364,169 | 5,204,548 | 5,419,238 | 5,345,626 |
 Egypt |
6,155,467 | 6,273,931 | 6,786,340 | 5,200,563 | 4,960,062 | 4,841,040 | 4,113,441 |
 Poland |
6,030,930 | 7,081,460 | 7,859,510 | 6,481,620 | 7,311,960 | 9,171,733 | 8,872,445 |
 Peru |
6,021,030 | 5,702,350 | 5,515,378 | 5,389,231 | 5,133,927 | 4,776,294 | 5,389,231 |
 Turkey |
5,200,000 | 5,100,000 | 5,200,000 | 4,979,824 | 4,550,000 | 4,800,000 | 4,750,000 |
 United Kingdom |
4,797,301 | 5,127,387 | 5,512,813 | 5,307,000 | 5,060,000 | 6,218,000 | 5,395,000 |
 Algeria |
4,299,817 | 4,360,880 | 4,659,482 | 5,020,249 | 4,653,322 | 4,606,402 | 4,759,677 |
 Kazakhstan |
4,080,473 | 4,031,582 | 4,006,780 | 3,912,103 | 3,806,992 | 3,551,114 | 3,545,695 |
 Brazil |
3,889,797 | 3,853,464 | 3,752,999 | 3,711,744 | 3,728,953 | 3,655,069 | 3,851,396 |
 Belarus |
3,857,256 | 3,405,055 | 3,707,899 | 4,354,700 | 4,347,600 | 5,009,400 | 4,896,600 |
 Belgium |
3,577,730 | 3,871,470 | 3,928,910 | 4,027,620 | 3,045,440 | 4,416,665 | 3,402,787 |
 Uzbekistan |
3,443,224 | 3,285,646 | 3,143,818 | 3,089,658 | 2,911,933 | 2,793,689 | 2,789,476 |
 Nepal |
3,410,829 | 3,325,231 | 3,131,830 | 3,112,947 | 3,088,000 | 2,691,037 | 2,805,582 |
 Denmark |
2,617,600 | 2,374,600 | 2,762,900 | 2,408,700 | 1,806,800 | 2,171,000 | 1,954,016 |
 Iran |
2,600,000 | 2,599,089 | 3,214,971 | 3,452,328 | 3,574,934 | 4,117,462 | 4,995,327 |
 South Africa |
2,528,946 | 2,595,280 | 2,669,147 | 2,673,768 | 2,467,724 | 2,456,990 | 2,150,811 |
 Colombia |
2,526,330 | 2,596,518 | 2,625,272 | 3,123,804 | 3,018,999 | 3,706,563 | 3,034,031 |
 Argentina |
2,223,409 | 2,949,947 | 2,884,000 | 2,600,000 | 2,483,769 | 2,459,310 | 2,430,866 |
 Japan |
2,106,363 | 2,175,000 | 2,205,000 | 2,399,000 | 2,260,000 | 2,395,000 | 2,199,000 |
 Spain |
1,881,920 | 2,081,110 | 2,051,830 | 2,259,320 | 2,010,930 | 2,239,470 | 2,246,204 |
 Mexico |
1,870,129 | 1,947,761 | 1,943,910 | 1,783,896 | 1,802,592 | 1,715,499 | 1,796,814 |
 Morocco |
1,768,362 | 1,641,853 | 1,707,068 | 1,956,711 | 1,869,149 | 1,924,871 | 1,743,617 |
 Kenya |
1,745,000 | 2,107,824 | 1,859,776 | 1,978,952 | 1,870,375 | 1,519,870 | 1,335,883 |
 Indonesia |
1,503,998 | 1,361,064 | 1,282,768 | 1,314,654 | 1,284,760 | 1,164,743 | 1,213,041 |
 Malawi |
1,465,202 | 1,419,527 | 1,318,236 | 1,113,077 | 1,125,874 | 1,226,603 | 1,043,338 |
 Romania |
1,345,780 | 1,397,840 | 1,601,240 | 2,626,790 | 3,022,760 | 3,116,912 | 2,689,733 |
 Italy |
1,332,980 | 1,362,130 | 1,434,650 | 1,338,430 | 1,307,600 | 1,346,936 | 1,368,920 |
 Ethiopia |
1,294,304 | 1,309,600 | 1,141,872 | 924,528 | 933,109 | 968,970 | 921,403 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
1,257,012 | 1,289,108 | 1,327,163 | 1,373,800 | 1,446,610 | 1,416,011 | 1,388,369 |
 Bolivia |
1,243,913 | 1,272,649 | 1,317,923 | 1,256,584 | 1,160,940 | 1,045,291 | 1,073,744 |
 Nigeria |
1,216,409 | 1,216,885 | 1,221,406 | 1,210,936 | 1,218,313 | 1,234,968 | 1,179,526 |
 Australia |
1,108,930 | 1,267,639 | 1,076,780 | 1,225,274 | 1,188,655 | 1,105,194 | 1,130,175 |
 Azerbaijan |
1,074,261 | 1,061,958 | 1,037,637 | 1,004,172 | 898,914 | 913,899 | 902,396 |
 Chile |
1,024,511 | 994,508 | 1,288,154 | 1,162,568 | 1,183,357 | 1,426,479 | 1,166,025 |
 Tanzania |
1,013,154 | 1,070,070 | 1,095,855 | 1,013,408 | 1,080,144 | 583,082 | 1,081,454 |
 Rwanda |
908,007 | 938,281 | 858,521 | 973,408 | 916,062 | 846,184 | 751,284 |
 Tajikistan |
903,117 | 903,000 | 916,000 | 994,433 | 964,644 | 782,892 | 898,116 |
 Afghanistan |
889,000 | 879,371 | 855,395 | 921,122 | 615,684 | 513,194 | 427,917 |
 Sweden |
852,200 | 826,000 | 877,200 | 846,900 | 723,000 | 852,500 | 862,500 |
 Turkmenistan |
698,749 | 535,908 | 490,606 | 382,382 | 359,747 | 354,743 | 351,971 |
 Austria |
686,220 | 769,690 | 885,890 | 751,260 | 697,930 | 653,400 | 767,261 |
 Lebanon |
676,470 | 659,480 | 628,410 | 572,110 | 645,900 | 651,922 | 631,973 |
 Czech Republic |
655,260 | 671,860 | 696,220 | 622,600 | 583,560 | 688,970 | 699,605 |
 Saudi Arabia |
605,000 | 578,108 | 562,310 | 474,065 | 482,350 | 476,418 | 466,402 |
 South Korea |
586,826 | 554,893 | 553,194 | 630,140 | 548,065 | 466,755 | 555,670 |
 Guatemala |
585,481 | 585,358 | 598,685 | 585,358 | 560,655 | 551,122 | 538,532 |
 Finland |
561,700 | 558,790 | 624,400 | 618,900 | 600,300 | 611,900 | 587,600 |
 Syria |
554,740 | 594,625 | 647,319 | 635,519 | 562,342 | 562,416 | 507,384 |
 North Korea |
535,093 | 645,998 | 661,092 | 684,587 | 570,807 | 425,047 | 587,642 |
 Serbia |
523,762 | 613,785 | 664,891 | 702,086 | 487,909 | 589,241 | 714,350 |
 Sudan |
520,102 | 504,267 | 493,882 | 465,927 | 439,554 | 418,622 | 415,300 |
 Angola |
502,204 | 485,371 | 480,560 | 455,249 | 458,217 | 461,186 | 670,456 |
 Israel |
487,753 | 522,925 | 527,965 | 524,394 | 511,163 | 522,424 | 597,677 |
 Venezuela |
476,796 | 473,517 | 451,334 | 427,319 | 379,472 | 421,006 | 452,673 |
 Guinea |
457,632 | 349,747 | 266,866 | 200,576 | 151,326 | 131,588 | 114,424 |
 New Zealand |
428,451 | 552,007 | 549,617 | 522,253 | 496,650 | 472,183 | 472,345 |
 Myanmar |
426,129 | 441,807 | 468,098 | 485,823 | 488,535 | 499,949 | 554,309 |
 Tunisia |
400,000 | 450,000 | 450,000 | 435,000 | 465,000 | 420,000 | 440,000 |
 Greece |
391,940 | 381,740 | 450,640 | 470,210 | 465,770 | 499,506 | 491,973 |
 Switzerland |
390,000 | 342,752 | 488,638 | 413,984 | 447,600 | 461,188 | 372,900 |
 Norway |
376,400 | 368,900 | 361,200 | 332,200 | 326,400 | 315,500 | 350,800 |
 Cameroon |
371,642 | 319,853 | 321,755 | 336,378 | 377,912 | 369,493 | 359,798 |
 Ireland |
367,950 | 407,500 | 300,150 | 382,370 | 273,010 | 412,425 | 352,000 |
 Burundi |
354,554 | 350,000 | 350,000 | 376,441 | 302,665 | 204,891 | 145,687 |
 Armenia |
351,339 | 364,557 | 437,226 | 404,057 | 415,050 | 547,420 | 606,314 |
 Yemen |
336,739 | 347,377 | 242,575 | 233,051 | 229,777 | 240,446 | 242,195 |
 Vietnam |
332,851 | 323,685 | 294,090 | 333,729 | 376,377 | 303,675 | 302,229 |
 Libya |
321,044 | 328,887 | 366,750 | 359,460 | 357,590 | 319,112 | 337,465 |
 Portugal |
319,830 | 413,320 | 409,640 | 424,290 | 431,690 | 515,030 | 451,041 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
312,923 | 339,727 | 441,218 | 381,308 | 394,274 | 337,137 | 417,976 |
 Niger |
296,719 | 339,524 | 235,635 | 198,392 | 168,569 | 165,743 | 161,181 |
 Mali |
285,310 | 218,062 | 225,880 | 303,257 | 310,902 | 251,558 | 210,209 |
 Iraq |
270,591 | 466,127 | 674,840 | 392,348 | 165,589 | 266,794 | 190,702 |
 Albania |
262,673 | 258,862 | 254,886 | 260,661 | 254,543 | 249,804 | 238,345 |
 Madagascar |
252,408 | 250,155 | 247,021 | 250,000 | 257,379 | 250,160 | 244,412 |
 Ecuador |
251,433 | 244,749 | 408,313 | 275,346 | 269,201 | 377,243 | 422,589 |
 Uganda |
244,071 | 241,230 | 250,000 | 260,000 | 327,332 | 299,338 | 171,271 |
 Lithuania |
226,420 | 200,160 | 296,740 | 329,780 | 289,800 | 237,045 | 351,484 |
 Mongolia |
214,005 | 182,638 | 244,262 | 192,240 | 168,883 | 121,808 | 165,330 |
 Hungary |
199,210 | 239,840 | 270,090 | 343,540 | 327,580 | 402,853 | 429,435 |
 Georgia |
198,900 | 234,700 | 208,600 | 194,700 | 237,500 | 180,100 | 249,000 |
 North Macedonia |
196,886 | 179,815 | 193,426 | 190,527 | 181,931 | 178,951 | 198,529 |
 Jordan |
196,602 | 189,372 | 147,913 | 173,653 | 153,199 | 155,639 | 273,906 |
 Bulgaria |
172,210 | 195,640 | 192,330 | 197,410 | 261,690 | 227,815 | 127,182 |
 Moldova |
171,800 | 218,300 | 171,899 | 176,850 | 174,774 | 197,020 | 213,975 |
 Senegal |
140,500 | 143,640 | 147,985 | 140,000 | 118,783 | 67,485 | 67,485 |
 Slovakia |
130,630 | 151,100 | 166,200 | 182,420 | 169,950 | 149,705 | 177,145 |
 Latvia |
130,400 | 115,100 | 181,100 | 223,700 | 196,200 | 408,300 | 491,600 |
 Lesotho |
129,488 | 129,957 | 129,643 | 128,864 | 131,364 | 128,703 | 126,525 |
 Thailand |
110,860 | 119,897 | 126,864 | 127,935 | 108,291 | 107,103 | 119,778 |
 Philippines |
107,416 | 103,058 | 113,562 | 116,061 | 117,423 | 117,637 | 116,783 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
106,743 | 105,457 | 104,157 | 102,932 | 101,694 | 100,468 | 100,136 |
 Croatia |
103,400 | 127,830 | 174,280 | 173,150 | 182,260 | 156,089 | 193,962 |
 Cuba |
92,942 | 97,292 | 115,385 | 129,500 | 135,147 | 147,044 | 95,663 |
 Dominican Republic |
92,425 | 90,802 | 89,125 | 94,056 | 88,557 | 84,162 | 84,127 |
 Cyprus |
90,000 | 98,980 | 91,880 | 82,100 | 105,330 | 109,923 | 122,803 |
 Costa Rica |
77,784 | 42,334 | 47,619 | 52,824 | 48,748 | 89,620 | 97,979 |
 Mozambique |
72,890 | 57,684 | 65,418 | 65,473 | 65,531 | 65,592 | 65,656 |
 Estonia |
72,620 | 66,270 | 88,390 | 80,130 | 58,030 | 91,182 | 89,842 |
 Palestine |
66,040 | 69,689 | 60,080 | 59,640 | 61,730 | 63,333 | 42,000 |
 Taiwan |
61,340 | 62,175 | 52,722 | 62,447 | 62,287 | 54,929 | 58,023 |
 Slovenia |
58,230 | 64,040 | 89,880 | 65,960 | 72,920 | 77,076 | 84,897 |
 Nicaragua |
56,416 | 77,710 | 68,817 | 66,858 | 66,169 | 59,699 | 39,919 |
 Zambia |
52,372 | 62,358 | 79,980 | 38,786 | 13,546 | 31,750 | 24,428 |
 Sri Lanka |
47,614 | 75,911 | 65,085 | 101,642 | 88,897 | 73,358 | 80,458 |
 Uruguay |
46,500 | 93,121 | 73,706 | 94,400 | 87,000 | 94,327 | 89,000 |
 Chad |
36,496 | 36,315 | 36,506 | 36,668 | 35,771 | 37,081 | 37,152 |
 Kuwait |
35,159 | 28,996 | 18,681 | 34,807 | 36,212 | 51,771 | 14,986 |
 Haiti |
35,040 | 35,032 | 34,807 | 35,280 | 35,010 | 34,131 | 36,700 |
 Bhutan |
31,146 | 38,573 | 45,500 | 43,560 | 44,278 | 57,223 | 58,820 |
 Burkina Faso |
28,855 | 27,376 | 35,274 | 37,000 | 29,000 | 32,000 | 13,000 |
 Panama |
27,001 | 27,256 | 32,310 | 23,302 | 24,424 | 21,039 | 31,180 |
 Honduras |
26,804 | 26,748 | 26,790 | 26,875 | 26,578 | 26,053 | 25,500 |
 Montenegro |
24,579 | 27,547 | 29,460 | 26,557 | 26,098 | 27,500 | 29,917 |
 Jamaica |
18,669 | 16,751 | 14,685 | 15,717 | 16,184 | 17,148 | 17,007 |
 Luxembourg |
14,610 | 16,220 | 16,370 | 15,330 | 16,210 | 21,284 | 18,714 |
 Mauritius |
14,495 | 12,910 | 14,192 | 14,822 | 17,033 | 14,124 | 16,326 |
 Namibia |
14,284 | 14,341 | 14,328 | 14,183 | 14,513 | 14,287 | 13,748 |
 Oman |
12,861 | 12,462 | 16,146 | 15,766 | 15,613 | 15,737 | 13,116 |
 Zimbabwe |
12,494 | 12,261 | 14,523 | 17,913 | 15,410 | 15,888 | 15,620 |
 Eswatini |
8,468 | 8,461 | 8,438 | 8,504 | 8,441 | 8,369 | 8,248 |
 El Salvador |
7,857 | 9,169 | 10,340 | 8,468 | 10,597 | 10,595 | 13,304 |
 Iceland |
7,200 | 6,355 | 7,379 | 8,200 | 6,020 | 9,000 | 9,930 |
 Malta |
7,120 | 7,120 | 7,990 | 8,990 | 9,360 | 8,740 | 6,825 |
 Republic of the Congo |
6,985 | 6,993 | 7,025 | 6,938 | 7,016 | 7,121 | 6,677 |
 Paraguay |
4,167 | 4,089 | 3,983 | 3,867 | 3,851 | 5,760 | 3,625 |
 Cape Verde |
4,031 | 2,400 | 2,550 | 2,666 | 2,200 | 4,041 | 2,000 |
 Laos |
3,957 | 4,007 | 3,770 | 2,200 | 2,160 | 1,585 | 34,320 |
 Comoros |
3,498 | 3,378 | 3,253 | 3,128 | 3,003 | 2,878 | 2,753 |
 Botswana |
3,394 | 2,307 | 2,461 | 1,800 | 12,335 | 8,765 | |
 Mauritania |
2,233 | 2,229 | 2,226 | 2,226 | 2,374 | 2,353 | 2,333 |
 United Arab Emirates |
1,920 | 1,853 | 1,051 | 4,193 | 451 | 359 | 4,862 |
 Faroe Islands |
1,539 | 1,534 | 1,529 | 1,520 | 1,518 | 1,522 | 1,562 |
 Central African Republic |
1,337 | 1,339 | 1,338 | 1,334 | 1,345 | 1,335 | 1,322 |
 Papua New Guinea |
1,248 | 1,245 | 1,251 | 1,247 | 1,237 | 1,267 | 1,236 |
 East Timor |
1,073 | 1,007 | 1,134 | 1,181 | 1,236 | 1,255 | 1,279 |
 Belize |
592 | 1,426 | 1,184 | 1,582 | 1,540 | 1,308 | 986 |
 French Polynesia |
540 | 542 | 546 | 533 | 547 | 559 | 563 |
 Qatar |
503 | 490 | 206 | 87 | 17 | 104 | 69 |
 New Caledonia |
358 | 2,264 | 2,616 | 2,485 | 2,510 | 1,841 | 1,379 |
 Benin |
276 | 156 | 63 | 95 | 60 | 108 | 103 |
 Dominica |
149 | 149 | 149 | 148 | 148 | 148 | 148 |
 Eritrea |
59 | 59 | 62 | 55 | 59 | 70 | 37 |
 Bahrain |
30 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 85 | 75 | 54 |
 Fiji |
44 | 24 | 270 | 266 |