# Potato production in China

Potato production in China was 94,806,520 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `cn`
- Unit: tonnes
- Definition: Quantity of potatoes produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.
- Note: FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip)
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- Citation: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.
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| Period | tonnes |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 94,806,520 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 93,430,000 (estimated) |
| 2022 | 92,299,000 (estimated) |
| 2021 | 94,350,000 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 92,800,000 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 89,500,000 (estimated) |
| 2018 | 90,259,155 (estimated) |
| 2017 | 88,481,500 |
| 2016 | 84,928,500 |
| 2015 | 82,828,957 (estimated) |
| 2014 | 84,155,500 |
| 2013 | 85,879,500 |
| 2012 | 84,358,500 |
| 2011 | 81,573,000 |
| 2010 | 76,531,500 |
| 2009 | 69,834,500 |
| 2008 | 68,573,500 |
| 2007 | 63,773,000 |
| 2006 | 64,486,500 |
| 2005 | 70,869,500 |
| 2004 | 72,207,000 |
| 2003 | 68,094,500 |
| 2002 | 70,187,500 |
| 2001 | 64,565,500 |
| 2000 | 66,275,000 |
| 1999 | 56,104,000 |
| 1998 | 64,579,000 |
| 1997 | 57,207,500 |
| 1996 | 53,040,000 |
| 1995 | 45,950,000 |
| 1994 | 43,800,000 |
| 1993 | 45,905,000 |
| 1992 | 37,777,008 |
| 1991 | 30,405,008 |
| 1990 | 32,000,000 |
| 1989 | 31,055,008 |
| 1988 | 31,620,000 |
| 1987 | 26,675,008 |
| 1986 | 25,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 26,750,000 |
| 1984 | 28,194,000 |
| 1983 | 27,790,000 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 25,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 24,670,000 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 25,860,000 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 25,614,000 (estimated) |
| 1978 | 28,556,000 (estimated) |
| 1977 | 26,700,000 (estimated) |
| 1976 | 22,600,000 (estimated) |
| 1975 | 24,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1974 | 26,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1973 | 27,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1972 | 23,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1971 | 22,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1970 | 21,500,000 (estimated) |
| 1969 | 19,300,000 (estimated) |
| 1968 | 17,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1967 | 17,900,000 (estimated) |
| 1966 | 18,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1965 | 16,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1964 | 14,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1963 | 12,000,000 (estimated) |
| 1962 | 13,800,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 12,900,000 (estimated) |