Major potato-producing	Production									Rank
countries	1995-1997			Average annual growth ratea						in order of importance
	Production	Area	Yield	Production		Area		Yield		vs. 20 other
				(%)		(%)		(%)		food cropsb
	(000 t)	(000 ha)	(t/ha)	1	2	1	2	1	2
Asiad (n=37)	83,120	5,618	15	4.3	5.1	2.7	2.9	1.6	2.8	5
China	47,777	3,489	14	3.9	6.2	2.6	3.3	1.2	2.8	5
India	18,627	1,116	17	5.7	4.6	3.2	2.9	2.4	1.7	3
Turkey	4,900	207	24	3.5	1.7	1.1	0.4	2.4	1.3	4
Iran	3,182	152	21	7.0	4.0	4.8	1.1	2.1	2.9	2
Bangladesh	1,489	133	11	4.4	3.0	2.5	2.0	1.8	1.0	2
Indonesia	1,085	67	16	8.8	10.6	5.7	7.1	3.0	3.2	8
Pakistan	1,044	81	13	6.6	6.0	5.3	3.2	1.2	2.7	4
Nepal	912	105	9	4.1	8.8	2.8	4.1	1.3	4.5	4
Korea Rep.	662	29	23	1.3	2.2	-1.4	0.8	2.8	1.4	3
Iraq	397	25	16	11.4	10.4	10.0	10.8	1.3	-0.4	4
Syrian Arab Republic	385	21	18	7.6	1.2	5.9	0.5	1.7	0.8	4
Africaf (n=33)	7,692	727	11	4.3	2.8	3.5	1.8	0.8	1.0	10
Egypt	2,656	130	20	5.8	5.4	5.1	5.5	0.7	-0.1	5
South Africa	1,539	56	28	4.4	4.1	0.4	-0.7	4.0	4.8	3
Algeria	1,099	80	14	4.7	2.7	3.7	-2.2	0.9	5.0	2
Morocco	1,068	62	17	5.1	3.2	3.2	3.8	1.8	-0.6	3
Malawi	379	51	7	5.5	2.0	4.9	1.7	0.5	0.3	2
Uganda	360	53	7	3.6	9.1	4.6	8.6	-0.9	0.5	7
Latin America (n=24)	14,486	1,080	13	2.2	2.2	0.2	0.8	1.9	1.4	7
Colombia	2,770	170	16	4.3	2.9	2.9	1.2	1.3	1.6	2
Brazil	2,701	182	15	2.6	2.8	-0.2	1.0	2.8	1.8	7
Peru	2,355	240	10	1.9	3.7	0.1	2.0	1.8	1.6	1
Argentina	2,155	98	22	0.9	0.1	-1.6	-0.9	2.6	1.0	4
Mexico	1,278	63	20	3.7	3.3	0.8	-0.8	2.9	4.1	6
Chile	1,001	66	15	0.6	2.1	-1.0	1.3	1.6	0.8	3
Bolivia	734	131	6	1.0	-0.4	0.5	-1.3	0.4	0.9	2
Ecuador	473	66	7	1.5	2.0	2.1	3.0	-0.6	-1.0	5
Cuba	337	14	24	3.8	1.5	1.6	0.1	2.2	1.4	1
Europeg (n=38)	154,430	9,663	16	-0.9 h	-1.7h	-1.7 h	-1.3 h	0.7h	-0.4 h	2
Russian Federation	38,534	3,389	11	0.0h	-0.6h	-0.9h	0.1h	0.9h	-0.7h	1
Poland	24,295	1,390	17	-1.6	-4.2	-2.1	-3.6	0.5	-0.6	1
Ukraine	17,380	1,560	11	0.0h	-0.4h	-1.0h	-0.2h	1.0h	-0.2h	1
Germany	12,530	354	35	-3.0	-4.4	-4.5	-6.5	1.5	2.3	3
Netherlands	7,834	183	43	2.1	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.1	0.0	1
North Americai (n=2)	25,113	702	36	1.6	2.1	0.1	1.0	1.5	1.1	4
USA	21,200	556	38	1.6	1.9	0.0	0.6	1.3	1.3	4
World (n=148 )	295,118	18,381	16	0.3	0.4	-0.5	0.1	0.9	0.3	4
Industrialized countries	189,819	10,956	17	-0.6	-1.2	-1.5	-1.2	0.9	-0.1	4
Developing countries	105,299	7,425	14	3.9	4.5	2.2	2.4	1.6	2.0	6

 

 

Major potato-producing	Utilization					Consumption	Tradec
countries	1994-96					1994-96	1994-96
	Food	Feed	Seed	Processing	Other	Per capita	Imports	Exports
			(%)			(kg/yr)	(000t)	(000t)
Asiad (n=37)	53	18	7	13	9	14 / 5e	536	740
China	36	31	6	22	5	14	1	35
India	73	0	10	0	17	14	0	32
Turkey	81	0	9	0	10	60	8	191
Iran	85	0	5	0	10	39	3	34
Bangladesh	81	0	9	0	10	10	1	0
Indonesia	88	0	5	1	6	4	1	91
Pakistan	82	0	8	0	10	7	4	4
Nepal	75	0	11	0	15	30	5	0
Korea Rep.	82	5	5	0	9	12	0	0
Iraq	71	10	10	0	10	17	52	0
Syrian Arab Republic	77	4	7	0	12	20	4	46
Africaf (n=33)	77	1	11	0	11	8	346	414
Egypt	74	0	12	0	14	21	53	321
South Africa	75	10	5	6	5	26	0	0
Algeria	82	0	8	1	10	33	111	0
Morocco	76	2	11	0	11	29	42	79
Malawi	76	3	11	0	10	29	0	0
Uganda	68	0	12	0	20	13	0	0
Latin America (n=24)	77	3	9	1	11	24	363	145
Colombia	71	10	6	0	12	56	0	36
Brazil	79	0	12	1	8	14	95	0
Peru	68	0	11	1	20	63	1	0
Argentina	85	0	4	1	10	52	2	79
Mexico	81	0	4	6	9	12	31	1
Chile	81	3	11	1	5	50	0	1
Bolivia	60	7	26	0	8	54	0	0
Ecuador	75	1	19	0	5	32	0	1
Cuba	84	2	5	0	10	24	32	0
Europeg (n=38)	45	25	15	7	7	86	2,266	2,753
Russian Federation	48	23	20	5	4	121	81	47
Poland	21	48	13	4	14	136	22	115
Ukraine	39	29	22	2	8	129	16	5
Germany	59	9	7	14	11	79	819	860
Netherlands	29	14	8	47	3	87	1,327	1,727
North Americai (n=2)	75	5	7	6	7	63	592	790
USA	32k	1k	7k	60k	0k	61	350	282
World (n=148 )	54	19	12	8	8	28	7,480	7,512
Industrialized countries	51	21	14	7	7	74	6,234	6,213
Developing countries	58	15	8	10	9	14	1,246	1,299

* Prepared by Luis Maldonado with the assistance of Rosario Sotomayor and Catherine Orellana. Source: Production, Utilization and Consumption: FAOSTAT (June, 1998); Trade: FAOSTAT (March, 1998).

a.= 1. 1961-63--1995-97. 2. 1985-87--1995-97;

b.= On a fresh-weight basis out of 21 major food crops ;

c. Table potatoes and seed only; does not include processed potato products;

d. Asia - (Japan, Kazajstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Israel, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan)+Oceania-(Australia,New Zealand).

e.= Asia and Oceania, respectively ;

f.= Excluding South Africa;

g. Eastern Europe + Western Europe;

h.= Data for Europe, the Russian Federation and the Ukraine estimate production and area planted in the European republics in the ex-USSR for both 1961-63 and 1985-87 according to historical trends.

i. United States + Canada; k. U.S. Department of Agriculture 1991.

Date: November 23, 1998.

For more information, please contact: l.maldonado@cgiar.org