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EU countries by potato production

Germany had the highest potato production of 27 EU countries in 2017, at 11,720,000 tonnes. Malta had the lowest, at 8,740 tonnes. The median was 515,030 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

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Highest11,720,000Germany
Lowest8,740Malta
Median515,03027 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2017

Austria: 653,400 tonnesBelgium: 4,416,665 tonnesBulgaria: 227,815 tonnesCyprus: 109,923 tonnesCzechia: 688,970 tonnesGermany: 11,720,000 tonnesDenmark: 2,171,000 tonnesEstonia: 91,182 tonnesSpain: 2,239,470 tonnesFinland: 611,900 tonnesFrance: 8,547,354 tonnesGreece: 499,506 tonnesCroatia: 156,089 tonnesHungary: 402,853 tonnesIreland: 412,425 tonnesItaly: 1,346,936 tonnesLithuania: 237,045 tonnesLuxembourg: 21,284 tonnesLatvia: 408,300 tonnesMalta: 8,740 tonnesNetherlands: 7,391,881 tonnesPoland: 9,171,733 tonnesPortugal: 515,030 tonnesRomania: 3,116,912 tonnesSweden: 852,500 tonnesSlovenia: 77,076 tonnesSlovakia: 149,705 tonnes
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tonnes, 2017. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2017

Germany: 11,720,000 tonnesGermany11,720,000Poland: 9,171,733 tonnesPoland9,171,733France: 8,547,354 tonnesFrance8,547,354Netherlands: 7,391,881 tonnesNetherlands7,391,881Belgium: 4,416,665 tonnesBelgium4,416,665Romania: 3,116,912 tonnesRomania3,116,912Spain: 2,239,470 tonnesSpain2,239,470Denmark: 2,171,000 tonnesDenmark2,171,000Italy: 1,346,936 tonnesItaly1,346,936Sweden: 852,500 tonnesSweden852,500Czechia: 688,970 tonnesCzechia688,970Austria: 653,400 tonnesAustria653,400Finland: 611,900 tonnesFinland611,900Portugal: 515,030 tonnesPortugal515,030Greece: 499,506 tonnesGreece499,506Ireland: 412,425 tonnesIreland412,425Latvia: 408,300 tonnesLatvia408,300Hungary: 402,853 tonnesHungary402,853Lithuania: 237,045 tonnesLithuania237,045Bulgaria: 227,815 tonnesBulgaria227,815Croatia: 156,089 tonnesCroatia156,089Slovakia: 149,705 tonnesSlovakia149,705Cyprus: 109,923 tonnesCyprus109,923Estonia: 91,182 tonnesEstonia91,182Slovenia: 77,076 tonnesSlovenia77,076Luxembourg: 21,284 tonnesLuxembourg21,284Malta: 8,740 tonnesMalta8,740Germany: 11,720,000 tonnesGermany11,720,000Poland: 9,171,733 tonnesPoland9,171,733France: 8,547,354 tonnesFrance8,547,354Netherlands: 7,391,881 tonnesNetherlands7,391,881Belgium: 4,416,665 tonnesBelgium4,416,665Romania: 3,116,912 tonnesRomania3,116,912Spain: 2,239,470 tonnesSpain2,239,470Denmark: 2,171,000 tonnesDenmark2,171,000Italy: 1,346,936 tonnesItaly1,346,936Sweden: 852,500 tonnesSweden852,500Czechia: 688,970 tonnesCzechia688,970Austria: 653,400 tonnesAustria653,400Finland: 611,900 tonnesFinland611,900Portugal: 515,030 tonnesPortugal515,030Greece: 499,506 tonnesGreece499,506Ireland: 412,425 tonnesIreland412,425Latvia: 408,300 tonnesLatvia408,300Hungary: 402,853 tonnesHungary402,853Lithuania: 237,045 tonnesLithuania237,045Bulgaria: 227,815 tonnesBulgaria227,815Croatia: 156,089 tonnesCroatia156,089Slovakia: 149,705 tonnesSlovakia149,705Cyprus: 109,923 tonnesCyprus109,923Estonia: 91,182 tonnesEstonia91,182Slovenia: 77,076 tonnesSlovenia77,076Luxembourg: 21,284 tonnesLuxembourg21,284Malta: 8,740 tonnesMalta8,740
tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Potatoes, production, t (item 116, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2017
tonnes		Change on 2016
1Germany11,720,000+8.8%
2Poland9,171,733+3.4%
3France8,547,354+22.9%
4Netherlands7,391,881+13.1%
5Belgium4,416,665+29.8%
6Romania3,116,912+15.9%
7Spain2,239,470-0.3%
8Denmark2,171,000+11.1%
9Italy1,346,936-1.6%
10Sweden852,500-1.2%
11Czechia688,970-1.5%
12Austria653,400-14.8%
13Finland611,900+4.1%
14Portugal515,030+14.2%
15Greece499,506+1.5%
16Ireland412,425+17.2%
17Latvia408,300-16.9%
18Hungary402,853-6.2%
19Lithuania237,045-32.6%
20Bulgaria227,815+79.1%
21Croatia156,089-19.5%
22Slovakia149,705-15.5%
23Cyprus109,923-10.5%
24Estonia91,182+1.5%
25Slovenia77,076-9.2%
26Luxembourg21,284+13.7%
27Malta8,740+28.1%

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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, 2017) [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, 2017. 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=2017. 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, 2017. 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=2017.

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Which EU country has the highest potato production?

Germany, with 11,720,000 tonnes in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

Which EU country has the lowest potato production?

Malta, with 8,740 tonnes in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

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