Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Americas
Americas: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 119,854 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Americas stood at 119,854 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Americas peaked at 133,823 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 72,402 ha, in 1961.
Americas ranks 7th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 72,402 ha | — |
| 1962 | 76,310 ha | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 78,103 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 79,189 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 88,171 ha | +11.3% |
| 1966 | 89,466 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 90,502 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 85,574 ha | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 92,817 ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 102,301 ha | +10.2% |
| 1971 | 100,038 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 98,761 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 95,199 ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 93,912 ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 94,410 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 94,684 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 98,118 ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 96,449 ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 102,874 ha | +6.7% |
| 1980 | 96,090 ha | -6.6% |
| 1981 | 108,912 ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 111,574 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 105,980 ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 120,996 ha | +14.2% |
| 1985 | 127,220 ha | +5.1% |
| 1986 | 132,865 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 130,879 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 125,622 ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 126,075 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 127,803 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 129,429 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 128,970 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 128,205 ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 133,823 ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 125,609 ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 111,918 ha | -10.9% |
| 1997 | 114,585 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 124,682 ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 124,285 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 127,257 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 127,040 ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 123,834 ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 111,965 ha | -9.6% |
| 2004 | 111,397 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 115,178 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 114,221 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 116,066 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 116,592 ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 116,777 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 122,564 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 122,560 ha | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 114,234 ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 129,988 ha | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 133,214 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 131,238 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 131,573 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 123,019 ha | -6.5% |
| 2018 | 120,677 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 123,477 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 125,112 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 120,127 ha | -4.0% |
| 2022 | 118,923 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 119,926 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 119,854 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,615 ha | 72,402 ha | 92,817 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 97,675 ha | 93,912 ha | 102,874 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 118,621 ha | 96,090 ha | 132,865 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 124,931 ha | 111,918 ha | 133,823 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 118,033 ha | 111,397 ha | 127,257 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 125,254 ha | 114,234 ha | 133,214 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 120,788 ha | 118,923 ha | 125,112 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 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
- 7 Haiti 24,456 ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 26,472 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16,541 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 17,040 ha compare
- 9 Eritrea 15,193 ha compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 8,269 ha compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 13,406 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,520 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 Americas?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Americas was 119,854 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 Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 133,823 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,402 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Americas ranks 7th 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 Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas 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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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.