Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 20,071 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa, 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 Eastern Africa stood at 20,071 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa peaked at 372,088 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 18,330 ha, in 2015.
That places Eastern Africa 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 177,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 177,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 179,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 181,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 183,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 185,200 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 189,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 193,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 197,100 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 200,900 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 204,900 ha | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 208,900 ha | +2.0% |
| 1973 | 202,400 ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 212,600 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 222,600 ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 222,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 232,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 232,800 ha | +0.1% |
| 1979 | 252,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 1980 | 263,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 273,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 283,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 283,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 273,200 ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 283,200 ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 303,200 ha | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 303,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 323,200 ha | +6.6% |
| 1989 | 322,960 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 352,726 ha | +9.2% |
| 1991 | 342,660 ha | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 372,088 ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 35,751 ha | -90.4% |
| 1994 | 37,594 ha | +5.2% |
| 1995 | 36,470 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 34,700 ha | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 36,917 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 36,721 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 37,687 ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 37,636 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 39,140 ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 42,380 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 42,340 ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 42,121 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 43,004 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 38,893 ha | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 34,028 ha | -12.5% |
| 2008 | 31,548 ha | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 27,176 ha | -13.9% |
| 2010 | 25,238 ha | -7.1% |
| 2011 | 24,595 ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 22,950 ha | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 23,470 ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 23,004 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 18,330 ha | -20.3% |
| 2016 | 21,707 ha | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 21,251 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 20,461 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 21,166 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 21,223 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 20,089 ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 19,818 ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 20,352 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 20,071 ha | -1.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -90.4% | 372,088 ha | 35,751 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 184,700 ha | 177,000 ha | 197,100 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 219,310 ha | 200,900 ha | 252,800 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 291,096 ha | 263,000 ha | 323,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 132,331 ha | 34,700 ha | 372,088 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,827 ha | 27,176 ha | 43,004 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,217 ha | 18,330 ha | 25,238 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,311 ha | 19,818 ha | 21,223 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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
- 15 Colombia 8,987 ha compare
- 16 Congo 8,381 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 Eastern Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa was 20,071 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 372,088 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,330 ha in 2015.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Eastern Africa ranks 13th 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 Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.