Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan
Bhutan: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 2,276 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan stood at 2,276 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan peaked at 3,150 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,620 ha, in 1961.
That places Bhutan 29th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,620 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,680 ha | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 1,710 ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 1,740 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 1,800 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 1,830 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 1,890 ha | +3.3% |
| 1968 | 1,920 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 1,950 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 2,010 ha | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 2,040 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 2,100 ha | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 2,130 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 2,160 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 2,190 ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 2,220 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 2,250 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 2,280 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 2,310 ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 2,370 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 2,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,430 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 2,460 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,650 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 2,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,687 ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 2,643 ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 2,676 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 2,780 ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 2,809 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 2,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 2,861 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 2,850 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 2,851 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,950 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 2,967 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 3,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 3,010 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 3,100 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 3,032 ha | -2.2% |
| 2005 | 2,968 ha | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 3,150 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 3,029 ha | -3.8% |
| 2008 | 2,919 ha | -3.6% |
| 2009 | 3,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 2,073 ha | -30.9% |
| 2011 | 2,829 ha | +36.5% |
| 2012 | 2,300 ha | -18.7% |
| 2013 | 2,350 ha | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 2,315 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 2,255 ha | -2.6% |
| 2016 | 2,307 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 2,304 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,294 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,281 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 2,265 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,280 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,275 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,274 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,276 ha | +0.1% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 2,276 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,327 ha, 98% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +36.5% | 2,073 ha | 2,829 ha |
| 2010 | -30.9% | 3,000 ha | 2,073 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,793 ha | 1,620 ha | 1,950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,169 ha | 2,010 ha | 2,310 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,541 ha | 2,370 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,791 ha | 2,643 ha | 2,950 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,018 ha | 2,919 ha | 3,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,331 ha | 2,073 ha | 2,829 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,274 ha | 2,265 ha | 2,280 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan was 2,276 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 3,150 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,620 ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Bhutan ranks 29th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.