Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 370,000 ha in Ethiopia PDR; the lowest is 0 ha in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,211 ha, and the mean is 13,226 ha.
Over the past decade 41 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 605.8%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 100.0%).
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia PDR | 370,000 ha | 1992 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 2 | Indonesia | 63,444 ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Namibia | 43,947 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 140,130 ha | 2024 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 4 | Peru | 39,770 ha | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 126,371 ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Nepal | 29,539 ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 6 | Papua New Guinea | 25,122 ha | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 7 | Melanesia | 26,472 ha | 2024 | down 16.0% | rising |
| 7 | Haiti | 24,456 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 8 | Thailand | 17,040 ha | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 16,541 ha | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 9 | Eritrea | 15,193 ha | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 9 | Timor-Leste | 8,269 ha | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 10 | Guinea-Bissau | 13,406 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 10 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3,520 ha | 2024 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 11 | Pakistan | 12,214 ha | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 993 ha | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Ecuador | 10,626 ha | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Polynesia | 739 ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 13 | France | 9,899 ha | 2017 | up 63.4% | rising |
| 13 | Micronesia | 640 ha | 1990 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 14 | Eswatini | 9,149 ha | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 15 | Colombia | 8,987 ha | 2024 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 16 | Congo | 8,381 ha | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 17 | Botswana | 8,098 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 18 | Vanuatu | 6,686 ha | 2021 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 6,419 ha | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,493 ha | 2024 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 20 | Mexico | 6,277 ha | 2024 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 21 | Philippines | 5,799 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 5,113 ha | 2024 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 23 | Japan | 3,727 ha | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 24 | Sri Lanka | 3,700 ha | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 25 | China | 3,528 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 25 | China, mainland | 3,528 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Cambodia | 3,351 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Kenya | 2,378 ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 29 | Bhutan | 2,276 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 30 | Guyana | 2,275 ha | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 31 | Nicaragua | 1,835 ha | 2023 | up 605.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Jamaica | 1,788 ha | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 33 | Mozambique | 1,388 ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 34 | Fiji | 1,350 ha | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Maldives | 1,300 ha | 1990 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 36 | Egypt | 1,122 ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 37 | Togo | 1,111 ha | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Costa Rica | 1,048 ha | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Iraq | 962 ha | 2024 | up 204.4% | rising |
| 40 | Slovenia | 900 ha | 2017 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Honduras | 854 ha | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 42 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 670 ha | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Kiribati | 640 ha | 1990 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 44 | Spain | 516 ha | 2017 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 45 | Sao Tome and Principe | 474 ha | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Brunei Darussalam | 464 ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 47 | Grenada | 427 ha | 2015 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 427 ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 49 | Malaysia | 403 ha | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Samoa | 399 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 51 | Dominica | 382 ha | 2024 | up 1.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Guadeloupe | 373 ha | 2006 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Tonga | 283 ha | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Serbia | 279 ha | 2024 | up 81.2% | rising |
| 55 | Martinique | 230 ha | 2006 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 191 ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 57 | Trinidad and Tobago | 178 ha | 2010 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 58 | Suriname | 153 ha | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 119 ha | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 60 | Hungary | 62 ha | 1992 | down 69.0% | falling |
| 61 | Palestine, State of | 35 ha | 2022 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Ghana | 34 ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 62 | Puerto Rico | 34 ha | 2024 | down 70.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Morocco | 22 ha | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 64 | French Polynesia | 22 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Belize | 21 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 21 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 68 | Singapore | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 68 | Cook Islands | 1 ha | 2020 | down 97.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 0 ha | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Cyprus | 0 ha | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Estonia | 0 ha | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Panama | 0 ha | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 70 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 ha | 1991 | down 100.0% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 688,425 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 364,701 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 498,384 ha
- Asia 294,870 ha
- Africa 246,211 ha
- Middle Africa 146,758 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 238,901 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 230,754 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 205,853 ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 79,744 ha
- Americas 119,854 ha
- South America 81,873 ha
- Southern Africa 61,194 ha
- Southern Asia 47,729 ha
- Caribbean 27,948 ha
- Oceania 27,211 ha
- Eastern Africa 20,071 ha
- Western Africa 17,045 ha
- European Union (27) 11,315 ha
- Central America 10,033 ha
- Western Europe 9,899 ha
- Eastern Asia 7,254 ha
- Northern Africa 1,144 ha
- Western Asia 986 ha
- Europe 279 ha
- Southern Europe 279 ha
- Eastern Europe 62 ha
- Northern Europe 0 ha
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.