Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Caribbean
Caribbean: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 27,948 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 27,948 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Caribbean peaked at 36,352 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 20,162 ha, in 1961.
That places Caribbean 11th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,162 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,191 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 21,259 ha | +5.3% |
| 1964 | 23,546 ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 22,380 ha | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 26,850 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 26,659 ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 25,320 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 26,044 ha | +2.9% |
| 1970 | 27,208 ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 28,467 ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 27,990 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 29,136 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 27,963 ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 30,131 ha | +7.8% |
| 1976 | 29,769 ha | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 28,906 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 30,961 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 30,821 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 30,466 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 30,551 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 30,615 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 32,133 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 34,225 ha | +6.5% |
| 1985 | 35,662 ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 36,352 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 33,457 ha | -8.0% |
| 1988 | 31,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 29,838 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 29,032 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 31,110 ha | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 29,027 ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 29,142 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 30,087 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 30,392 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 29,681 ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 29,386 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 29,261 ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 28,129 ha | -3.9% |
| 2000 | 28,090 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 27,254 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 27,690 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 26,553 ha | -4.1% |
| 2004 | 27,575 ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 26,375 ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 25,742 ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 24,950 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 23,555 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 23,391 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 25,547 ha | +9.2% |
| 2011 | 28,024 ha | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 29,726 ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 29,531 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 29,498 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 28,574 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 27,788 ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 27,805 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 27,797 ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 27,717 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 27,411 ha | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 27,792 ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 27,912 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 27,856 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 27,948 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,601 ha | 20,162 ha | 26,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,135 ha | 27,208 ha | 30,961 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,510 ha | 29,838 ha | 36,352 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 29,525 ha | 28,129 ha | 31,110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,118 ha | 23,391 ha | 28,090 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,201 ha | 25,547 ha | 29,726 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,784 ha | 27,411 ha | 27,948 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 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
- 11 Pakistan 12,214 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 993 ha compare
- 12 Ecuador 10,626 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 739 ha compare
- 13 France 9,899 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 640 ha compare
- 14 Eswatini 9,149 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 Caribbean?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Caribbean was 27,948 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 36,352 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,162 ha in 1961.
- How does Caribbean rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Caribbean ranks 11th 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 Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.