Countries by potato production in 2020 This is a list of countries by potato production from 2016 to 2020, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database .[1] The estimated total world production for potatoes in 2020 was 359,071,403 metric tonnes, up 1.2% from 354,812,093 tonnes in 2019.[n 1] China was the largest producer, accounting for 21.8% of world production, followed by India at 14.3%. Dependent territories are shown in italics.
Production by country >1,000,000 tonnes Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 1 China 78,183,874 75,595,403 90,259,155 88,481,500 84,928,500 2 India 51,300,000 50,190,000 51,310,000 48,605,000 43,417,000 3 Ukraine 20,837,990 20,269,190 22,503,970 22,208,220 21,750,290 4 Russia 19,607,361 22,074,874 22,394,960 21,707,645 22,463,487 5 United States 18,789,970 19,251,320 20,421,560 20,453,430 20,426,359 6 Germany 11,715,100 10,602,200 8,920,800 11,720,000 10,772,100 7 Bangladesh 9,606,000 9,655,082 9,744,412 10,215,957 9,474,099 8 France 8,691,900 8,560,410 7,860,380 8,547,354 6,954,983 9 Poland 7,848,600 6,481,620 7,311,960 9,171,733 8,872,445 10 Netherlands 7,020,060 6,961,230 6,025,370 7,391,881 6,534,338 11 United Kingdom 5,520,000 5,307,000 5,060,000 6,218,000 5,395,000 12 Peru 5,467,041 5,389,231 5,133,927 4,776,294 4,514,239 13 Canada 5,295,484 5,364,169 5,204,548 5,419,238 5,345,626 14 Belarus 5,231,168 6,105,294 5,864,325 6,414,755 5,984,069 15 Egypt 5,215,910 5,200,563 4,960,062 4,841,040 4,113,441 16 Turkey 5,200,000 4,979,824 4,550,000 4,800,000 4,750,000 17 Algeria 4,659,482 5,020,249 4,653,322 4,606,402 4,759,677 18 Pakistan 4,552,656 4,869,312 4,591,776 3,852,897 3,977,595 19 Iran 4,474,886 3,673,984 3,574,934 4,117,462 4,995,327 20 Kazakhstan 4,006,780 3,912,103 3,806,992 3,551,114 3,545,695 21 Belgium 3,928,910 4,027,620 3,045,440 4,416,665 3,402,787 22 Brazil 3,767,769 3,711,744 3,728,953 3,655,069 3,851,396 23 Uzbekistan 3,143,818 3,089,658 2,911,933 2,793,689 2,789,476 24 Nepal 3,131,830 3,112,947 3,088,000 2,691,037 2,805,582 25 Denmark 2,762,900 2,408,700 1,806,800 2,171,000 1,954,016 26 Romania 2,698,500 2,626,790 3,022,760 3,116,912 2,689,733 27 Colombia 2,625,272 3,123,804 3,018,999 3,706,563 3,034,031 28 South Africa 2,546,996 2,505,775 2,467,724 2,456,990 2,150,811 29 Argentina 2,426,526 2,427,611 2,403,193 2,448,774 2,430,866 30 Japan 2,274,435 2,399,000 2,260,000 2,395,000 2,199,000 31 Spain 2,051,830 2,259,320 2,010,930 2,239,470 2,246,204 32 Mexico 1,943,910 1,783,896 1,802,592 1,715,499 1,796,814 33 Kenya 1,859,776 1,978,952 1,870,375 1,519,870 1,335,883 34 Morocco 1,707,068 1,956,711 1,869,149 1,924,871 1,743,617 35 Italy 1,434,650 1,338,430 1,307,600 1,346,936 1,368,920 36 Kyrgyzstan 1,327,163 1,373,800 1,446,610 1,416,011 1,388,369 37 Malawi 1,318,236 1,113,077 1,125,874 1,226,603 1,043,338 38 Bolivia 1,317,923 1,256,584 1,160,940 1,045,291 1,073,744 39 Chile 1,288,154 1,162,568 1,183,357 1,426,479 1,166,025 40 Indonesia 1,282,768 1,314,654 1,284,760 1,164,743 1,213,041 41 Nigeria 1,199,324 1,194,375 1,205,893 1,197,706 1,179,526 42 Ethiopia 1,141,872 924,528 933,109 968,970 921,403 43 Tanzania 1,078,270 1,013,408 1,080,144 583,082 1,081,454 44 Australia 1,076,780 1,225,274 1,188,655 1,105,194 1,130,175 45 Azerbaijan 1,037,637 1,004,172 898,914 913,899 902,396
100,000–1,000,000 tonnes Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 46 Tajikistan 986,327 994,433 964,644 782,892 898,116 47 Austria 885,890 751,260 697,930 653,400 767,261 48 Sweden 877,200 846,900 723,000 852,500 862,500 49 Rwanda 858,521 973,408 916,062 846,184 751,284 50 Afghanistan 855,395 921,122 615,684 513,194 427,917 51 Czech Republic 696,220 622,600 583,560 688,970 699,605 52 Iraq 674,840 392,348 165,589 266,794 190,702 53 Serbia 664,891 702,086 487,909 589,241 714,350 54 North Korea 661,092 684,587 570,807 425,047 587,642 55 Syria 647,319 635,519 562,342 562,416 478,370 56 Lebanon 628,409 610,697 658,306 651,922 631,973 57 Finland 624,400 618,900 600,300 611,900 587,600 58 Guatemala 589,761 570,462 560,655 551,122 538,532 59 Saudi Arabia 561,301 472,127 425,250 476,418 466,402 60 South Korea 553,194 630,140 548,065 466,755 555,670 61 New Zealand 553,115 520,501 499,374 474,435 472,345 62 Israel 498,868 524,394 511,163 522,424 597,677 63 Sudan 493,882 465,927 439,554 418,622 415,300 64 Switzerland 490,000 413,984 447,600 461,188 372,900 65 Venezuela 488,155 465,709 445,679 421,006 452,673 66 Myanmar 483,967 485,823 488,535 499,949 554,309 67 Greece 450,640 470,210 465,770 499,506 491,973 68 Tunisia 450,000 435,000 465,000 420,000 440,000 69 Angola 446,111 455,249 458,217 461,186 670,456 70 Bosnia and Herzegovina 441,218 381,308 394,274 337,137 417,976 71 Armenia 437,226 404,057 415,050 547,420 606,314 72 Portugal 409,640 424,290 431,690 515,030 451,041 73 Ecuador 408,313 275,346 269,201 377,243 422,589 74 Libya 366,749 360,217 358,572 339,561 337,465 75 Norway 361,200 332,200 326,400 315,500 350,800 76 Cameroon 354,404 365,127 340,091 315,000 377,257 77 Mozambique 312,583 297,859 322,539 294,600 246,500 78 Uganda 309,286 326,000 327,332 299,338 171,271 79 Turkmenistan 303,982 299,074 307,934 304,937 284,349 80 Ireland 300,150 382,370 273,010 412,425 352,000 81 Lithuania 296,740 329,780 289,800 237,045 351,484 82 Burundi 294,666 376,441 302,665 204,891 145,687 83 Vietnam 294,090 333,729 376,377 303,675 302,229 84 Hungary 270,090 343,540 327,580 402,853 429,435 85 Guinea 266,866 162,213 151,326 131,588 114,424 86 Albania 254,886 260,661 254,543 249,804 238,345 87 Madagascar 247,446 250,000 257,379 250,160 244,412 88 Mongolia 244,262 192,240 168,883 121,808 165,329 89 Niger 235,635 198,392 168,569 165,743 161,181 90 Yemen 233,201 233,051 229,777 240,446 242,195 91 Mali 225,880 303,257 310,902 251,558 210,209 92 Georgia 208,600 194,700 237,500 180,100 249,000 93 North Macedonia 193,426 190,527 181,931 178,951 198,529 94 Jordan 192,746 173,653 153,199 155,639 273,906 95 Bulgaria 192,330 197,410 261,690 227,815 127,182 96 Latvia 181,100 223,700 196,200 408,300 491,600 97 Croatia 174,280 173,150 182,260 156,089 193,962 98 Moldova 171,899 176,850 174,774 197,020 213,975 99 Slovakia 166,200 182,420 169,950 149,705 177,145 100 Senegal 147,985 140,000 118,783 67,485 67,485 101 Lesotho 128,803 128,234 126,935 131,241 126,525 102 Thailand 126,864 127,935 108,291 107,103 119,778 103 Cuba 115,385 129,500 135,147 147,044 95,663 104 Philippines 113,562 116,061 117,423 117,637 116,783 105 Democratic Republic of the Congo 103,818 102,932 101,694 100,468 100,136
10,000–100,000 tonnes Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 106 Dominican Republic 91,972 94,056 88,557 84,162 84,127 107 Slovenia 89,080 65,960 72,920 77,076 84,897 108 Estonia 88,390 80,130 58,030 91,182 89,842 109 Cyprus 80,300 82,100 105,330 109,923 122,803 110 Zambia 79,980 38,786 13,546 31,750 24,428 111 Uruguay 73,706 94,400 87,000 94,327 89,000 112 Nicaragua 68,817 66,858 66,169 59,699 39,919 113 Burkina Faso 66,786 70,540 63,635 58,751 70,501 114 Sri Lanka 65,085 101,642 88,897 73,358 80,458 115 Palestine 60,084 59,845 59,634 47,457 42,000 116 Taiwan 52,722 62,447 62,287 54,929 58,023 117 Costa Rica 47,619 52,824 48,748 89,620 97,979 118 Bhutan 45,500 43,560 44,278 57,223 58,820 119 Kuwait 43,619 34,807 36,212 51,771 14,986 120 Chad 39,932 40,072 41,868 41,298 37,152 121 Haiti 36,922 36,867 35,924 37,976 36,700 122 Honduras 26,781 26,565 26,643 26,237 25,500 123 Panama 26,104 25,852 24,424 21,039 31,180 124 Montenegro 23,526 26,560 26,098 27,500 29,917 125 Luxembourg 16,370 15,330 16,210 21,284 18,714 126 Oman 16,146 15,766 15,613 15,737 13,116 127 Mauritius 15,828 14,822 17,033 14,124 16,326 128 Zimbabwe 15,189 15,297 15,035 15,235 15,620 129 Jamaica 14,685 15,717 16,184 17,148 17,007 130 Namibia 14,328 14,183 14,513 14,287 13,748
<10,000 tonnes Rank Country 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 131 Swaziland 8,300 8,287 8,229 8,383 8,248 132 Malta 7,990 8,990 9,360 8,740 6,825 133 Iceland 7,379 8,200 6,020 9,000 9,930 134 Republic of the Congo 7,025 6,938 7,016 7,121 6,677 135 El Salvador 6,878 8,468 10,597 10,595 13,304 136 Botswana 5,260 1,800 12,335 8,765 N/A 137 United Arab Emirates 4,238 4,193 451 359 4,862 138 Paraguay 3,983 3,867 3,851 3,760 3,625 139 Laos 3,560 2,200 2,160 1,585 34,320 140 New Caledonia 2,616 2,485 2,510 1,841 1,379 141 Cape Verde 2,550 2,666 2,200 4,041 2,000 142 Mauritania 2,253 2,249 2,249 2,353 2,333 143 Faroe Islands 1,533 1,530 1,527 1,516 1,562 144 Central African Republic 1,331 1,329 1,335 1,329 1,322 145 East Timor 1,298 1,299 1,299 1,314 1,279 146 Papua New Guinea 1,219 1,223 1,220 1,214 1,236 147 Belize 1,184 1,582 1,540 1,308 986 148 Comoros 716 719 711 719 726 149 French Polynesia 557 563 568 572 563 150 Qatar 206 87 17 104 69 151 Dominica 142 142 143 142 140 152 Benin 63 96 60 98 103 153 Eritrea 54 54 54 8 37 154 Bahrain 14 30 85 75 54 – Fiji 0 44 24 270 266
Notes ^ Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology References ^ "Crops". FAOSTAT . Retrieved 8 June 2022 . Countries – Select All; Regions – World + (Total); Elements – Production Quantity; Items – Potatoes; Years – 2020 + 2019 + 2018 + 2017 + 2016