Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China
China: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 3,528 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China, 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 China is 3,528 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China peaked at 5,527 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 750 ha, in 2005.
China ranks 25th of 74 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 895 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,042 ha | +16.4% |
| 1963 | 1,084 ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 1,188 ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 924 ha | -22.2% |
| 1966 | 963 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 941 ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 1,084 ha | +15.2% |
| 1969 | 1,446 ha | +33.4% |
| 1970 | 1,280 ha | -11.5% |
| 1971 | 1,451 ha | +13.4% |
| 1972 | 1,367 ha | -5.8% |
| 1973 | 1,136 ha | -16.9% |
| 1974 | 1,221 ha | +7.5% |
| 1975 | 1,425 ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 2,537 ha | +78.0% |
| 1977 | 2,805 ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 2,599 ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 2,355 ha | -9.4% |
| 1980 | 2,162 ha | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 2,308 ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 1,979 ha | -14.3% |
| 1983 | 1,702 ha | -14.0% |
| 1984 | 1,701 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 1,435 ha | -15.6% |
| 1986 | 1,610 ha | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 5,527 ha | +243.3% |
| 1988 | 4,747 ha | -14.1% |
| 1989 | 3,044 ha | -35.9% |
| 1990 | 2,814 ha | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 2,500 ha | -11.2% |
| 1992 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 1,000 ha | -58.3% |
| 1994 | 1,181 ha | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 1,178 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,115 ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 1,248 ha | +11.9% |
| 1998 | 1,185 ha | -5.0% |
| 1999 | 1,201 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 1,213 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,170 ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1,191 ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 1,094 ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 900 ha | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 750 ha | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 1,200 ha | +60.0% |
| 2007 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 1,313 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 1,380 ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 1,498 ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 1,300 ha | -13.2% |
| 2012 | 3,500 ha | +169.2% |
| 2013 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3,368 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 3,500 ha | +3.9% |
| 2016 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 3,520 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 3,568 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 3,775 ha | +5.8% |
| 2020 | 3,662 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 3,507 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 3,532 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 3,533 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,528 ha | -0.1% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 3,528 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 2.7× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- China's 3,528 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,350 ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +243.3% | 1,610 ha | 5,527 ha |
| 2012 | +169.2% | 1,300 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 1976 | +78.0% | 1,425 ha | 2,537 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,063 ha | 895 ha | 1,446 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,818 ha | 1,136 ha | 2,805 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,622 ha | 1,435 ha | 5,527 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,582 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,814 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,151 ha | 750 ha | 1,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,103 ha | 1,300 ha | 3,775 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,552 ha | 3,507 ha | 3,662 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China was 3,528 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 5,527 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 750 ha in 2005.
- How does China rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- China ranks 25th 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 China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.