# Potato production in South Africa

Potato production in South Africa was 2,623,499 tonnes in 2024. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `za`
- 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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- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
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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 | 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 |