Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa
Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 246,211 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 246,211 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa peaked at 453,200 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 123,416 ha, in 1993.
That places Africa 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 218,073 ha | — |
| 1962 | 222,480 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 224,573 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 227,965 ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 229,965 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 232,365 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 236,665 ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 241,115 ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 245,815 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 249,823 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 254,015 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 258,715 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 252,065 ha | -2.6% |
| 1974 | 262,512 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 272,762 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 273,262 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 286,462 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 285,812 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 305,912 ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 317,212 ha | +3.7% |
| 1981 | 325,012 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 335,812 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 337,562 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 328,032 ha | -2.8% |
| 1985 | 338,352 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 359,882 ha | +6.4% |
| 1987 | 362,807 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 383,497 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 384,087 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 425,672 ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 419,625 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 453,200 ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 123,416 ha | -72.8% |
| 1994 | 131,625 ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 137,685 ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 142,874 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 153,240 ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 159,978 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 167,046 ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 173,111 ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 182,849 ha | +5.6% |
| 2002 | 192,751 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 198,909 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 205,464 ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 212,623 ha | +3.5% |
| 2006 | 212,467 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 214,171 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 215,472 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 214,776 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 221,669 ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 229,876 ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 234,776 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 232,835 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 235,819 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 247,659 ha | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 240,592 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 242,057 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 246,315 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 244,495 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 248,165 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 245,778 ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 245,433 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 246,721 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 246,211 ha | -0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -72.8% | 453,200 ha | 123,416 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 231,002 ha | 218,073 ha | 245,815 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 270,134 ha | 249,823 ha | 305,912 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 347,226 ha | 317,212 ha | 384,087 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 231,436 ha | 123,416 ha | 453,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 202,259 ha | 173,111 ha | 215,472 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 237,609 ha | 221,669 ha | 247,659 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 246,462 ha | 245,433 ha | 248,165 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 1 Ethiopia PDR 370,000 ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 63,444 ha compare
- 3 Namibia 43,947 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 140,130 ha compare
- 4 Peru 39,770 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126,371 ha compare
- 5 Nepal 29,539 ha compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 25,122 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa was 246,211 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 453,200 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 123,416 ha in 1993.
- How does Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Africa ranks 3rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.