Potato production in South Africa

Potato production in South Africa was 2,623,499 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 8.6% from 2023. That is the 27th highest of 154 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes2,623,499

Change on 2023+8.6%

Rank27th of 154Countries ranked

Series high2,673,7682019

Series low332,0001961

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Potato production in South Africa, 1961 to 2024

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

Period	tonnes
2024	2,623,499
2023	2,415,638
2022	2,532,217
2021	2,595,280
2020	2,669,147
2019	2,673,768
2018	2,467,724
2017	2,456,990
2016	2,150,811
2015	2,486,647
2014	2,247,495
2013	2,173,829
2012	2,228,713
2011	2,197,192
2010	2,090,214
2009	1,866,580
2008	2,040,000
2007	1,917,422
2006	1,857,239
2005	1,767,728
2004	1,799,623
2003	1,649,820
2002	1,555,905
2001	1,746,981
2000	1,697,015
1999	1,788,508
1998	1,657,462
1997	1,579,021
1996	1,592,427
1995	1,422,063
1994	1,284,019
1993	1,278,560
1992	1,068,340
1991	1,322,519
1990	1,260,594
1989	1,258,000
1988	1,066,000
1987	1,016,000
1986	1,027,000
1985	1,052,000
1984	980,000
1983	851,000
1982	996,000
1981	859,000
1980	686,000
1979	696,000
1978	701,000
1977	757,000
1976	684,000
1975	712,000
1974	648,000
1973	559,000
1972	675,000
1971	606,000
1970	617,000
1969	525,000
1968	547,000
1967	484,000
1966	411,000
1965	388,000
1964	399,000
1963	399,000
1962	334,000
1961	332,000

Rankings

Countries by potato production 160 places
EU countries by potato production 27 places

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.

How to cite

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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (Potato production, South Africa, 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, South Africa, 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/south-africa. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Potato production, South Africa, 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/south-africa.

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, South Africa, 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/south-africa (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, South Africa, 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/south-africa. 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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