Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America
Central America: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 10,033 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America is 10,033 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.9% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America peaked at 16,413 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,520 ha, in 1980.
That places Central America 16th out of 25 groups 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,953 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,668 ha | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 5,295 ha | +13.4% |
| 1964 | 5,264 ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 5,515 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 5,542 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 4,469 ha | -19.4% |
| 1968 | 5,055 ha | +13.1% |
| 1969 | 5,025 ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 5,302 ha | +5.5% |
| 1971 | 4,644 ha | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 5,334 ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 3,881 ha | -27.2% |
| 1974 | 3,580 ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 3,853 ha | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 3,649 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 3,333 ha | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 3,969 ha | +19.1% |
| 1979 | 5,361 ha | +35.1% |
| 1980 | 2,520 ha | -53.0% |
| 1981 | 2,716 ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 2,784 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 2,909 ha | +4.5% |
| 1984 | 3,612 ha | +24.2% |
| 1985 | 2,629 ha | -27.2% |
| 1986 | 4,126 ha | +56.9% |
| 1987 | 3,533 ha | -14.4% |
| 1988 | 4,175 ha | +18.2% |
| 1989 | 4,791 ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 6,276 ha | +31.0% |
| 1991 | 5,971 ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 5,410 ha | -9.4% |
| 1993 | 5,525 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 7,151 ha | +29.4% |
| 1995 | 7,666 ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 7,389 ha | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 7,067 ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 6,607 ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 9,117 ha | +38.0% |
| 2000 | 8,431 ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 9,593 ha | +13.8% |
| 2002 | 9,580 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 11,631 ha | +21.4% |
| 2004 | 11,737 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 12,166 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 12,945 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 11,698 ha | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 13,549 ha | +15.8% |
| 2009 | 13,898 ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 16,413 ha | +18.1% |
| 2011 | 13,740 ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 10,316 ha | -24.9% |
| 2013 | 9,167 ha | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 10,902 ha | +18.9% |
| 2015 | 11,883 ha | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 11,761 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 11,194 ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 10,815 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 11,565 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 11,290 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 10,901 ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 10,034 ha | -8.0% |
| 2023 | 11,019 ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 10,033 ha | -8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,976 ha | 3,953 ha | 5,542 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,291 ha | 3,333 ha | 5,361 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,380 ha | 2,520 ha | 4,791 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,818 ha | 5,410 ha | 9,117 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,523 ha | 8,431 ha | 13,898 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,776 ha | 9,167 ha | 16,413 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,655 ha | 10,033 ha | 11,290 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America was 10,033 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 16,413 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,520 ha in 1980.
- How does Central America rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Central America ranks 16th 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 Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.