过去的文件显示，蒙斯的一名比利时官员在1587年收到了梵蒂冈大使朋友赠送的马铃薯（次年，他将样品寄给了维也纳的一位植物学家）。在一个世纪内，比利时人对马铃薯的发展做出了具有里程碑意义的贡献，他们声称发明了炸薯条。
2012年，比利时在世界马铃薯生产国中排名第23位，产量略高于290万吨。由于平均单产42吨/公顷（2005年），马铃薯是该国的主要粮食作物，尽管耕种面积不到耕地总面积的5％。
比利时马铃薯用于新鲜食用的占比不到15％，大约86%被加工成薯片、冷冻薯条、淀粉和其他产品。 2006年，比利时出口了100多万吨马铃薯加工产品和2.1万吨种薯，还从法国、德国和荷兰进口了120多万吨新鲜马铃薯和14万吨马铃薯产品。（来源:国际马铃薯年）
Agricultural Statistics 比利时
| Potato Production in 2017 : | 5035000.00 | tonnes | Excluding seed and starch; Estimate | ℹ |
| Potato Production in 2017 : | 4416660.00 | tonnes | Official data | ℹ |
| Potato Yield in 2017 : | 523000.00 | hg/ha | Excluding seed and starch; Estimate | ℹ |
| Potato Yield in 2017 : | 475652.00 | hg/ha | Calculated data | ℹ |
| Potato Area Harvested in 2017 : | 96281.00 | ha | Excluding seed and starch; Estimate | ℹ |
| Potato Area Harvested in 2017 : | 92855.00 | ha | Official data | ℹ |
| Potato Production in 2016 : | 4038000.00 | tonnes | Excluding seed and starch | ℹ |
Consumption Statistics 比利时
| Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2011: | 105.92 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
| Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2010: | 84.25 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
| Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2009: | 82.59 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
| Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2008: | 85.17 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
| Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2007: | 94.95 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
| Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2006: | 95.39 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
| Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) , Consumption (Crop Equivalent) in 2005: | 91.03 | kg/capita/year | ℹ | Potatoes (Fresh and Processed) |
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