# Potato production in Tanzania

Potato production in Tanzania was 560,929 tonnes in 2024 (estimated). Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

- Indicator id: `potato_production`
- Place id: `tz`
- 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 | 560,929 (estimated) |
| 2023 | 552,000 |
| 2022 | 431,000 |
| 2021 | 675,670 (estimated) |
| 2020 | 835,975 (estimated) |
| 2019 | 1,013,408 |
| 2018 | 1,080,144 |
| 2017 | 583,082 |
| 2016 | 1,081,454 (estimated) |
| 2015 | 1,480,716 |
| 2014 | 1,738,017 |
| 2013 | 1,767,536 |
| 2012 | 1,235,041 |
| 2011 | 1,555,516 |
| 2010 | 1,472,560 |
| 2009 | 860,980 |
| 2008 | 789,690 (estimated) |
| 2007 | 650,000 (estimated) |
| 2006 | 660,000 (estimated) |
| 2005 | 651,010 |
| 2004 | 731,120 |
| 2003 | 684,420 (estimated) |
| 2002 | 637,720 |
| 2001 | 619,216 (estimated) |
| 2000 | 600,712 (estimated) |
| 1999 | 582,208 (estimated) |
| 1998 | 563,704 (estimated) |
| 1997 | 545,200 (estimated) |
| 1996 | 526,696 (estimated) |
| 1995 | 508,192 (estimated) |
| 1994 | 489,688 (estimated) |
| 1993 | 471,184 (estimated) |
| 1992 | 452,680 (estimated) |
| 1991 | 434,176 (estimated) |
| 1990 | 415,673 (estimated) |
| 1989 | 397,169 (estimated) |
| 1988 | 378,665 (estimated) |
| 1987 | 360,161 (estimated) |
| 1986 | 341,657 (estimated) |
| 1985 | 323,153 (estimated) |
| 1984 | 304,649 (estimated) |
| 1983 | 286,145 (estimated) |
| 1982 | 267,641 (estimated) |
| 1981 | 249,137 (estimated) |
| 1980 | 230,633 (estimated) |
| 1979 | 212,129 |
| 1978 | 153,990 |
| 1977 | 104,000 |
| 1976 | 155,405 |
| 1975 | 65,965 |
| 1974 | 71,635 |
| 1973 | 73,184 |
| 1972 | 59,611 |
| 1971 | 67,837 |
| 1970 | 55,385 |
| 1969 | 25,873 |
| 1968 | 40,287 |
| 1967 | 28,747 |
| 1966 | 18,424 |
| 1965 | 15,740 |
| 1964 | 26,167 |
| 1963 | 19,502 |
| 1962 | 18,000 (estimated) |
| 1961 | 15,000 (estimated) |