Based on a comparison of 154 countries in 2017, Belarus ranked the highest in potato consumption per capita with 178 kg followed by Ukraine and Latvia. On the other end of the scale was Ghana with 0.150 kg, Central African Republic with 0.170 kg and Benin with 0.190 kg.
Average potato consumption per capita reached 33.5 kg in 2017 in the World according to Faostat. This is 1.88 % more than in the previous year and 4.09 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average potato consumption per capita reached an all time high of 35.7 kg in 1961 and an all time low of 26.0 kg in 1991. The average annual growth amounted to -0.115 % since 1961.
Data for more countries are available at Potato Consumption Per Capita indicator page.
| Potato Consumption Per Capita | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Belarus | kg | 185 | 189 | 183 | 179 | 171 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | kg | ... | ... | ... | 90.9 | 84.3 | 93.4 | 98.7 | 90.7 | |||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | kg | 78.4 | 60.9 | 76.1 | 77.3 | 78.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | kg | 108 | 112 | 111 | 108 | 108 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | kg | 98.1 | 98.5 | 99.3 | 95.7 | 95.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | kg | 112 | 122 | 117 | 115 | 115 | ||||||||||||||||
| Nepal | kg | 75.1 | 77.0 | 80.6 | 78.9 | 74.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | kg | 93.9 | 92.2 | 90.8 | 83.1 | 83.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | kg | 81.1 | 80.9 | 82.5 | 83.2 | 83.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | kg | 115 | 111 | 104 | 103 | 96.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | kg | 99.3 | 101 | 99.5 | 103 | 100 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | kg | 111 | 113 | 113 | 111 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | kg | 99.9 | 101 | 99.6 | 97.4 | 94.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | kg | 140 | 141 | 136 | 123 | 116 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | kg | 101 | 102 | 104 | 89.2 | 86.1 |
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