EU countries by potato production

Germany had the highest potato production of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 10,772,100 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 6,825 tonnes. The median was 491,973 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Highest10,772,100Germany

Lowest6,825Malta

Median491,97327 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2016

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tonnes, 2016. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2016

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2016 tonnes	Change on 2015
1	Germany	10,772,100	+3.9%
2	Poland	8,872,445	+40.5%
3	France	6,954,983	-2.3%
4	Netherlands	6,534,338	-1.8%
5	Belgium	3,402,787	-7.8%
6	Romania	2,689,733	-0.4%
7	Spain	2,246,204	-1.7%
8	Denmark	1,954,016	+10.2%
9	Italy	1,368,920	-0%
10	Sweden	862,500	+7.5%
11	Austria	767,261	+43%
12	Czechia	699,605	+38.5%
13	Finland	587,600	+10.4%
14	Greece	491,973	-15.3%
15	Latvia	491,600	-1.2%
16	Portugal	451,041	-7.3%
17	Hungary	429,435	-5%
18	Ireland	352,000	-2.2%
19	Lithuania	351,484	-12%
20	Croatia	193,962	+13.3%
21	Slovakia	177,145	+22.5%
22	Bulgaria	127,182	-22.9%
23	Cyprus	122,803	+28%
24	Estonia	89,842	-23.3%
25	Slovenia	84,897	-6.7%
26	Luxembourg	18,714	+44.3%
27	Malta	6,825	-14.9%

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About this ranking

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.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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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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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510) (EU countries by potato production, 2016) [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), EU countries by potato production, 2016. 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/rankings/potato-production/eu-countries?period=2016. 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). EU countries by potato production, 2016. 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/rankings/potato-production/eu-countries?period=2016.

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}

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Which EU country has the highest potato production?

Germany, with 10,772,100 tonnes in 2016, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest potato production?

Malta, with 6,825 tonnes in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

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