Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 47,269 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 47,269 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 222.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 47,269 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 530 ha, in 1963.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 540 ha | — |
| 1962 | 535 ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 530 ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 535 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 590 ha | +10.3% |
| 1966 | 620 ha | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 610 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 575 ha | -5.7% |
| 1969 | 558 ha | -3.0% |
| 1970 | 555 ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 550 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 650 ha | +18.2% |
| 1973 | 664 ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 714 ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 744 ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 748 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 787 ha | +5.2% |
| 1978 | 826 ha | +5.0% |
| 1979 | 1,369 ha | +65.7% |
| 1980 | 1,485 ha | +8.5% |
| 1981 | 1,461 ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 1,534 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 1,642 ha | +7.0% |
| 1984 | 1,470 ha | -10.5% |
| 1985 | 1,496 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 1,478 ha | -1.2% |
| 1987 | 1,565 ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 1,582 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,877 ha | +18.6% |
| 1990 | 2,033 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 2,175 ha | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 2,363 ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 3,045 ha | +28.9% |
| 1994 | 3,250 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 3,542 ha | +9.0% |
| 1996 | 3,869 ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 4,177 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 4,378 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 4,482 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 5,625 ha | +25.5% |
| 2001 | 5,443 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 5,298 ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 6,282 ha | +18.6% |
| 2004 | 8,037 ha | +27.9% |
| 2005 | 7,876 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 8,713 ha | +10.6% |
| 2007 | 8,798 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 8,350 ha | -5.1% |
| 2009 | 11,152 ha | +33.6% |
| 2010 | 13,908 ha | +24.7% |
| 2011 | 12,409 ha | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 11,704 ha | -5.7% |
| 2013 | 12,044 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 14,658 ha | +21.7% |
| 2015 | 21,443 ha | +46.3% |
| 2016 | 29,607 ha | +38.1% |
| 2017 | 34,233 ha | +15.6% |
| 2018 | 35,164 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 37,271 ha | +6.0% |
| 2020 | 42,323 ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 42,353 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 46,484 ha | +9.8% |
| 2023 | 45,820 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 47,269 ha | +3.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | +65.7% | 826 ha | 1,369 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 565.89 ha | 530 ha | 620 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 760.7 ha | 550 ha | 1,369 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,559 ha | 1,461 ha | 1,877 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,331 ha | 2,033 ha | 4,482 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,557 ha | 5,298 ha | 11,152 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,244 ha | 11,704 ha | 37,271 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,850 ha | 42,323 ha | 47,269 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 China 426,560 ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 424,862 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 14,863 ha compare
- 3 USSR 160,000 ha compare
- 4 India 125,010 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 12,990 ha compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 53,212 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Yield, annual 4.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 47,269 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 47,269 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 530 ha in 1963.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 222.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.