SSocioeconomics

OCIOECONOMICS
INDICATORS
Indicators
Major Potato-produccing countries

P
OTATO
INDICATORS
Potato
Indicators
Population
2008

Africa
Egypt
Malawi
South Africa
Algeria
Morocco
Rwanda
Nigeria
Kenya
Tanzania, United Republic of
Uganda
Angola
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Sudan
Madagascar
Cameroon
Mali
Mozambique
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Lesotho
Chad
Asia a
China
India
Bangladesh
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
Nepal
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
Indonesia
Tajikistan
Syrian Arab Republic
Korea, Republic of
Armenia
Iraq
Lebanon
Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
Viet Nam
Afghanistan
Europe
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Germany
Poland
Belarus
France
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
Argentina
Mexico
Chile
Bolivia
Guatemala
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Ecuador
Cuba
North America
United States of America
Canada
World

Total

Urban

(millions)

(%)

977
82
15
50
34
32
10
151
39
42
32
18
81
10
6
41
19
19
13
22
64
2
11
3,945
1,345
1,181
160
73
74
16
177
29
24
5
27
9
227
7
21
48
3
30
4
50
25
87
27
731
141
46
82
38
10
62
17
61
572
192
29
45
40
109
17
10
14
28
13
11
345
312
33
6,730

39
43
19
61
65
56
18
48
22
25
13
57
17
67
78
43
29
57
32
37
34
25
27
40
43
29
27
68
69
58
36
17
63
36
37
52
52
26
54
81
64
67
87
33
82
28
24
72
73
68
74
61
73
77
82
90
79
86
71
74
92
77
88
66
49
93
66
76
82
82
80
50

Children
Population below
below $1 Undernourished
Population
under five
Population
population
$1 (PPP)
(PPP) per day
mortality
Growth
consumption
consumption
2004
2007
(annual %)
2.3
1.8
2.8
1.0
1.5
1.2
2.8
2.4
2.7
2.9
3.3
2.7
2.6
1.0
2.0
2.3
2.7
2.3
2.4
2.4
2.8
0.8
2.7
1.2
0.6
1.4
1.4
1.2
1.2
0.7
2.2
1.8
0.4
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.2
1.6
3.5
0.4
0.2
2.1
0.8
0.9
2.1
1.1
3.5
0.1
-0.4
-0.6
-0.1
-0.1
-0.5
0.5
0.4
0.5
1.1
1.0
1.2
1.5
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.8
2.5
1.7
1.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
1.0
1.2

(%)

(year)

2
74
26
7
3
77
64
20
89
52
54
39
3
n.a.
n.a.
68
52
51
75
59
43
62

2005
2004
2000
1995
2007
2000
2004
2005
2000
2005
2000
2005
2000

16
42
50
2
3
3
23
55
n.a.
22
46
2
n.a.
22
n.a.
2
11
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
22
n.a.

2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2003
2005
2004

2
2
n.a.
2
2
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
5
8
16
5
2
2
20
12
4
5
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.

(%)

Maternal
mortality
2005

(000 live
(00,000
births) live births)

GNI per capita

Atlas
Method
2008
(current
US$)

PPP

130
1,100
400
180
240
1,300
1,100
560
950
550
1,400
720
100
97
450
510
1,000
970
520
1,100
960
1,500

1,800
290
5,820
4,260
2,580
410
1,160
770
440
420
3,450
280
3,290
11,590
1,130
410
1,150
580
370
150
1,080
530

5,460
830
9,780
7,940
4,330
1,010
1,940
1,580
1,230
1,140
5,020
870
7,070
15,630
1,930
1,040
2,180
1,090
770
290
2,000
1,160

9
21
27
5
5
5
23
15
32
5
14
12
17
34
5
5
21
n.a.
5
19
5
14
n.a.

22
72
61
33
23
32
90
55
55
38
41
39
31
67
17
5
24
44
29
103
25
15
257

45
450
570
140
44
140
320
830
370
150
24
82
420
170
130
14
76
300
150
380
18
150
1,800

2,940
1,070
520
n.a.
9,340
6,140
980
400
n.a.
740
910
3,830
2,010
600
2,090
21,530
3,350
n.a.
6,350
n.a.
n.a.
890
n.a.

6,020
2,960
1,440
n.a.
13,770
9,690
2,700
1,120
n.a.
2,140
2,660
7,770
3,830
1,860
4,350
28,120
6,310
n.a.
10,880
n.a.
n.a.
2,700
n.a.

2005
2005
n.a.
2005
2005

5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5

15
16
4
7
13
4
5
6

28
18
4
8
18
8
6
8

2007
2006
2006
2005
2006
2006
2005
2006
2006
2007

6
15
10
5
5
5
22
16
12
15
5

22
20
20
16
21
9
57
39
19
22
7

110
240
130
77
60
16
290
290
57
210
45

9,620
3,210
42,440
11,880
5,380
42,250
50,150
45,390
6,780
7,350
3,990
4,660
7,200
9,980
9,400
1,460
2,680
9,230
3,640
n.a.

15,630
7,210
35,940
17,310
12,150
34,400
41,670
36,130
10,309
10,070
7,980
8,510
14,020
14,270
13,270
4,140
4,690
12,830
7,760
n.a.

5
5

8
6

11
7

47,580
41,730
8,613

46,970
36,220
10,357

2004
1998
2003

2006

Source: United
United Nations
Nationssite
sitefor
fortheMillennium
theMillenniumDevelopment
DevelopmentGoals
Goals
Indicators
2009;
World
Bank,
World
Development
Indicators
(WDI)
2009.
Source:
Indicators
2009;
World
Bank,
World
Development
Indicators
(WDI)
2009.
-(Japan, Israel)
Israel)++ Oceania-(Australia,
Oceania-(Australia,New
NewZealand)
Zealand) n.a.=Information not available.
a.= Asia -(Japan,
n.a.=Information not available.

Production

Area

Average annual growth rate

Yield

Production

Area

Yield

1961-63 vs 1996-98

(current
international $)

36
111
59
37
34
121
189
121
116
130
158
119
21
18
109
112
148
196
168
161
84
209

2004
2003
2005

2006-08

2008

5
29
5
5
5
40
9
32
35
15
46
46
5
5
21
37
23
11
38
76
15
39

2005
1996
2006
2003
2006
2003
2003

Major Potato-produccing countries

(000 t)
Africa
Egypt
Malawi
South Africa
Algeria
Morocco
Rwanda
Nigeria
Kenya
Tanzania, United Republic of
Uganda
Angola
Ethiopia
Tunisia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Sudan
Madagascar
Cameroon
Mali
Mozambique
Congo, Democratic Republic of
Lesotho
Chad
Asia a
China
India
Bangladesh
Iran, Islamic Republic of
Turkey
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
Nepal
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Azerbaijan
Indonesia
Tajikistan
Syrian Arab Republic
Korea, Republic of
Armenia
Iraq
Lebanon
Myanmar
Saudi Arabia
Viet Nam
Afghanistan
Europe
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Germany
Poland
Belarus
France
Netherlands
United Kingdom
Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil
Peru
Colombia
Argentina
Mexico
Chile
Bolivia
Guatemala
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Ecuador
Cuba
North America
United States of America
Canada
World

17,955
2,880
2,721
1,978
1,953
1,514
1,138
868
745
653
649
495
459
362
293
263
224
142
113
97
94
93
52
127,320
62,558
30,811
5,728
4,317
4,280
2,377
2,230
1,991
1,807
1,321
1,203
1,038
1,020
639
631
603
589
580
476
464
460
370
294
126,527
34,744
19,372
11,014
10,412
8,607
6,785
6,678
5,833
16,491
3,460
3,405
2,468
1,948
1,648
1,064
746
447
444
315
209
24,605
19,665
4,938
317,978

(000 ha)
1,592
113
189
58
90
60
127
266
119
125
93
80
62
25
15
16
38
47
5
7
20
6
6
8,137
4,436
1,702
373
163
153
157
128
154
187
84
56
68
62
29
32
22
33
37
20
35
19
35
20
6,922
2,639
1,441
270
559
414
158
155
142
1,004
144
269
148
68
62
58
137
18
24
47
10
600
444
156
18,404

(t/ha)
11.3
25.6
14.4
34.1
21.7
25.2
9.0
3.3
6.3
5.2
7.0
6.2
7.4
14.6
19.4
16.8
5.9
3.0
24.0
13.3
4.6
16.6
9.1
15.6
14.1
18.1
15.3
26.4
28.0
15.1
17.4
13.0
9.7
15.7
21.4
15.4
16.6
21.8
19.9
27.9
17.9
15.6
23.7
13.3
24.2
10.6
14.7
18.3
13.2
13.4
40.8
18.6
20.8
43.1
43.1
41.2
16.4
23.9
12.7
16.7
28.6
26.6
18.4
5.4
24.9
18.8
6.7
20.1
41.0
44.3
32
17.3

(%)
4.6
5.0
8.5
4.4
4.4
5.3
2.7
4.9
3.9
7.8
3.5
1.0
1.5
5.4
7.9
6.5
3.5
1.5
n.a.
5.2
4.9
9.6
2.5
4.8
4.4
5.8
4.3
6.9
3.6
n.a.
6.7
4.1
2.3
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
8.2
n.a.
7.5
1.2
n.a.
12.3
4.8
3.9
19.7
6.0
1.9
-1.1
n.a.
n.a.
-3.0
-1.6
n.a.
-2.4
1.8
-0.1
2.3
2.4
2.0
4.1
1.8
3.7
0.3
0.5
7.6
3.5
1.8
3.3
1.7
1.6
2.0
0.4

(%)
3.4
4.2
7.1
0.5
3.3
3.2
1.5
7.0
3.9
5.4
4.6
0.1
1.6
3.8
3.9
5.4
4.2
2.3
n.a.
2.4
5.5
9.5
1.0
3.1
2.9
3.3
2.5
4.8
1.1
n.a.
5.5
2.8
2.4
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
5.2
n.a.
5.6
-1.6
n.a.
10.8
2.4
0.1
17.2
7.3
-0.2
-1.8
n.a.
n.a.
-4.7
-2.2
n.a.
-4.5
0.6
-1.8
0.2
-0.4
0.2
2.8
-1.3
0.8
-1.2
0.5
2.7
1.1
1.9
1.5
0.1
0.0
0.7
-0.5

(%)
1.2
0.8
1.3
3.9
1.1
2.0
1.2
-1.9
0.1
2.3
-1.1
0.9
-0.1
1.5
3.9
1.1
-0.6
-0.8
n.a.
2.7
-0.6
0.2
1.5
1.6
1.5
2.4
1.8
2.1
2.4
n.a.
1.2
1.2
-0.1
n.a.
n.a.
n.a.
2.8
n.a.
1.7
2.8
n.a.
1.4
2.4
3.8
2.2
-1.2
2.1
0.7
n.a.
n.a.
1.8
0.7
n.a.
2.3
1.1
1.8
2.0
2.8
1.8
1.2
3.1
2.8
1.5
0.0
4.8
2.4
-0.1
1.8
1.5
1.6
1.3
0.9

Production

Rank
Area

Yield

1996-98 vs 2006-08
(%)
5.4
3.0
9.7
2.1
6.2
2.5
18.9
23.8
-0.1
10.3
6.3
34.5
2.4
2.4
4.1
2.3
-2.2
13.3
8.2
2.7
0.6
2.2
9.8
2.4
0.7
4.3
14.2
2.8
-1.7
5.0
6.8
7.8
7.7
7.0
6.6
15.3
0.5
16.7
4.7
-0.6
3.8
-0.1
4.2
8.0
3.0
0.6
2.3
-1.6
-0.3
1.4
-1.2
-8.3
0.2
0.7
-0.6
-1.7
0.8
2.8
3.4
-0.9
-3.9
2.5
1.6
1.8
8.5
2.8
-5.1
-3.6
-0.5
-1.0
1.6
0.4

(%)
6.1
1.2
5.6
-0.1
2.0
-0.5
13.7
28.7
1.5
13.4
5.2
36.2
2.8
1.0
3.5
6.1
-2.5
10.8
5.9
1.9
0.6
1.7
6.8
2.2
1.4
3.7
10.8
0.6
-3.0
-1.1
3.6
3.5
8.5
4.4
0.7
9.6
0.0
8.4
4.3
-2.2
0.1
0.2
3.4
5.3
0.2
-0.1
3.6
-3.0
-2.3
-0.7
-1.5
-8.2
-5.2
-0.7
-0.6
-1.8
-0.7
-1.7
0.8
-1.3
-4.6
-0.1
-0.5
0.6
6.8
2.0
-2.9
-3.2
-1.7
-2.3
0.3
-0.2

(%)
-0.7
1.9
3.9
2.3
4.1
3.1
4.6
-3.8
-1.6
-2.7
1.0
-1.3
-0.4
1.4
0.5
-3.5
0.3
2.3
2.2
0.8
0.0
0.5
2.8
0.2
-0.6
0.6
3.1
2.2
1.3
6.1
3.1
4.1
-0.7
2.5
5.9
5.2
0.5
7.7
0.4
1.6
3.7
-0.3
0.8
2.5
2.8
0.7
-1.3
1.5
2.0
2.1
0.2
-0.1
5.6
1.4
-0.1
0.0
1.6
4.6
2.6
0.5
0.8
2.6
2.1
1.1
1.6
0.7
-2.3
-0.4
1.2
1.3
1.4
0.6

Utilization

Orden of
Orden of
importance
importance
Food
supply
Production b
crops c
8
5
3
3
2
2
2
12
2
8
6
4
7
4
1
6
7
12
9
7
10
1
10
4
5
3
2
3
4
2
4
2
2
1
3
2
8
2
4
3
1
4
1
6
3
8
5
2
2
1
3
1
1
4
1
2
7
8
1
3
5
6
4
3
3
5
5
8
4
4
4
4

9
5
2
3
2
3
2
14
3
7
7
5
6
3
3
5
7
13
9
7
11
2
11
3
3
3
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
8
2
3
4
3
n.a.
2
3
5
7
n.a.
2
1
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
5
8
1
4
2
5
2
2
4
4
5
9
2
2
2
3

Food

77
79
57
78
85
81
87
55
79
78
68
73
84
83
90
85
57
64
100
88
77
90
79
73
70
73
83
85
83
69
83
78
68
48
85
74
85
36
77
58
34
n.a.
82
85
83
87
n.a.
52
50
32
71
46
23
67
36
87
75
85
61
69
83
83
85
61
37
87
84
85
83
26e
78
65

Feed

4
0
21
10
0
2
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
10
0
0
0
0
9
0
0
20
22
6
1
0
13
3
8
1
n.a.
0
0
0
0
n.a.
21
23
41
1
24
58
5
8
1
2
0
0
10
0
0
2
7
0
1
1
2
1
1e
0
11

Seed

Trade d

Consumption
Processing

Other

Per capita

Import

Export

2005-2007

2005-2007

(%)

(kg/yr)

(000 t)

(000 t)

14.3
24.2
90.1
30.4
53.4
40.7
125.0
2.9
18.8
12.8
14.2
22.6
5.2
32.6
46.2
6.6
6.9
5.0
8.5
4.2
1.6
44.1
3.8
24.2
33.6
18.4
27.3
52.6
48.3
111.2
10.0
54.2
57.1
115.6
33.8
91.4
4.2
32.8
22.1
12.7
62.4
n.a.
93.5
8.2
20.8
4.4
n.a.
92.4
133.6
134.0
71.5
127.1
186.4
63.9
84.8
109.4
23.3
15.8
73.7
36.7
35.0
16.5
59.7
49.7
11.7
17.1
24.1
21.6
58.4
56.7
75.0
32.2

605
68
0
55
125
47
0
1
0
0
0
22
0
57
9
5
0
0
4
11
4
8
0
2,189
198
12
4
38
21
38
26
54
2
2
8
54
37
5
19
94
3
150
95
0
217
63
19
11,445
441
27
938
200
6
1,231
1,686
1,242
1,127
240
44
8
8
304
41
9
26
72
10
33
2,216
1,942
274
18,314

538
437
0
40
0
41
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
9
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
1,412
351
101
5
147
132
0
66
0
0
1
1
50
15
1
72
0
0
0
129
2
176
0
7
12,229
71
1
1,755
209
21
2,322
3,977
334
364
5
0
25
259
1
2
0
68
0
0
0
4,016
1,556
2,460
19,089

9
9
7
4
5
7
9
30
11
12
12
17
11
6
5
5
26
26
0
8
16
0
7
6
4
9
7
4
7
13
6
8
2
22
5
19
5
14
6
2
24
n.a.
4
4
8
8
n.a.
15
21
24
8
13
17
5
7
5
9
7
16
6
4
2
8
24
1
6
13
8
6
5e
9
10

0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
4
0
1
0
26
0
n.a.
0
0
0
0
n.a.
2
2
0
2
3
1
7
4
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
60e
0
3

10
12
15
9
10
10
4
10
10
10
20
10
5
10
5
10
12
10
0
5
7
10
15
10
6
17
10
10
10
10
11
15
10
6
3
2
10
36
13
7
42
n.a.
13
10
8
5
n.a.
9
5
3
18
14
2
16
45
6
14
8
21
14
12
15
6
8
62
6
2
5
11
8e
13
10

2005-2007

Source: Production
Production FAOSTAT
FAOSTAT (September
(September2010).
2010).
b.= On a fresh-weight
fresh-weight basis
basisout
outofof20
20major
majorfood
foodcrops
crops2005-2007;
2005-2007c.=
c.=
a fresh-weight
basis
of major
15 major
supply
crops
2005-2007 d.=Table potatoes and
include
frozen
does
not include
processed
e=U.S.
of Agriculture,
2006
OnOn
a fresh-weight
basis
out out
of 15
foodfood
supply
crops
2005-2007
d.=seed
Tableonly,
potatoes
and
seed potatoes;
only, include
frozen
potatoes;
does not potato
includeproducts
processed
potato Department
products; e=U.S.
Department
of Agriculture, 2006