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Potato production in India

Potato production in India was 57,053,344 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 5.1% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 154 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes57,053,344
Change on 2023-5.1%
Rank2nd of 154Countries ranked
Series high60,142,0002023
Series low2,447,0001962

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Potato production in India, 1961 to 2024

020M40M60M80M19611971198119912001201120241961: 2,719,000 tonnes1962: 2,447,000 tonnes1963: 3,365,000 tonnes1964: 2,593,000 tonnes1965: 3,605,000 tonnes1966: 4,076,000 tonnes1967: 3,521,500 tonnes1968: 4,232,300 tonnes1969: 4,725,500 tonnes1970: 3,912,600 tonnes1971: 4,807,200 tonnes1972: 4,825,500 tonnes1973: 4,451,000 tonnes1974: 4,861,100 tonnes1975: 6,225,400 tonnes1976: 7,306,000 tonnes1977: 7,170,700 tonnes1978: 8,135,400 tonnes1979: 10,133,000 tonnes1980: 8,326,600 tonnes1981: 9,670,000 tonnes1982: 9,911,800 tonnes1983: 9,956,000 tonnes1984: 12,151,800 tonnes1985: 12,570,600 tonnes1986: 10,422,800 tonnes1987: 12,740,300 tonnes1988: 14,046,000 tonnes1989: 14,857,000 tonnes1990: 14,770,800 tonnes1991: 15,205,600 tonnes1992: 18,195,000 tonnes1993: 18,479,000 tonnes1994: 17,392,400 tonnes1995: 17,401,300 tonnes1996: 18,843,300 tonnes1997: 24,215,900 tonnes1998: 17,652,300 tonnes1999: 22,494,700 tonnes2000: 25,000,100 tonnes2001: 22,242,700 tonnes2002: 24,456,100 tonnes2003: 23,161,400 tonnes2004: 27,925,800 tonnes2005: 28,787,700 tonnes2006: 29,174,600 tonnes2007: 28,599,600 tonnes2008: 34,658,000 tonnes2009: 34,390,900 tonnes2010: 36,577,300 tonnes2011: 42,339,400 tonnes2012: 41,483,000 tonnes2013: 45,343,600 tonnes2014: 46,395,000 tonnes2015: 48,009,000 tonnes2016: 43,417,000 tonnes2017: 48,605,000 tonnes2018: 51,310,000 tonnes2019: 50,190,000 tonnes2020: 48,562,000 tonnes2021: 54,230,000 tonnes2022: 56,176,000 tonnes2023: 60,142,000 tonnes2024: 57,053,344 tonnes
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.
All 64 values
Periodtonnes
202457,053,344
202360,142,000
202256,176,000
202154,230,000
202048,562,000
201950,190,000
201851,310,000
201748,605,000
201643,417,000
201548,009,000
201446,395,000
201345,343,600
201241,483,000
201142,339,400
201036,577,300
200934,390,900
200834,658,000
200728,599,600
200629,174,600
200528,787,700
200427,925,800
200323,161,400
200224,456,100
200122,242,700
200025,000,100
199922,494,700
199817,652,300
199724,215,900
199618,843,300
199517,401,300
199417,392,400
199318,479,000
199218,195,000
199115,205,600
199014,770,800
198914,857,000
198814,046,000
198712,740,300
198610,422,800
198512,570,600
198412,151,800
19839,956,000
19829,911,800
19819,670,000
19808,326,600
197910,133,000
19788,135,400
19777,170,700
19767,306,000
19756,225,400
19744,861,100
19734,451,000
19724,825,500
19714,807,200
19703,912,600
19694,725,500
19684,232,300
19673,521,500
19664,076,000
19653,605,000
19642,593,000
19633,365,000
19622,447,000
19612,719,000

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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.

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.

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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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APA 7

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (Potato production, India, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, India, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/india. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Potato production, India, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/india.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510), Potato production, India, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/india (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510): Potato production, India, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/potato-production/india. Publisher attribution: 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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What is the potato production in India?

Potato production in India was 57,053,344 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 5.1% from 2023. That is the 2nd highest of 154 countries in 2024.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest potato production in India?

60,142,000 tonnes in 2023, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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