Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eritrea
Eritrea: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 15,193 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eritrea, 1993–2024
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 Eritrea is 15,193 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eritrea peaked at 39,000 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 13,380 ha, in 2015.
That places Eritrea 9th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 32,142 ha | — |
| 1994 | 32,882 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 31,682 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 31,153 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 33,165 ha | +6.5% |
| 1998 | 33,719 ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 34,118 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 33,412 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 36,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2002 | 36,094 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 38,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 37,758 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 39,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 34,212 ha | -12.3% |
| 2007 | 30,612 ha | -10.5% |
| 2008 | 27,528 ha | -10.1% |
| 2009 | 22,708 ha | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 20,641 ha | -9.1% |
| 2011 | 19,991 ha | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 18,500 ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 19,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 18,393 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 13,380 ha | -27.3% |
| 2016 | 16,924 ha | +26.5% |
| 2017 | 16,362 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 15,555 ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 16,281 ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 16,298 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 15,190 ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 14,919 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 15,469 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 15,193 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32,694 ha | 31,153 ha | 34,118 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 33,532 ha | 22,708 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,503 ha | 13,380 ha | 20,641 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,414 ha | 14,919 ha | 16,298 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 6 Papua New Guinea 25,122 ha compare
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- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16,541 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 17,040 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
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eritrea?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eritrea was 15,193 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 39,000 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,380 ha in 2015.
- How does Eritrea rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Eritrea ranks 9th 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 Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.