Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eswatini
Eswatini: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 9,149 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eswatini, 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 Eswatini is 9,149 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eswatini peaked at 9,248 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1961.
Eswatini ranks 14th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1973 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 3,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1980 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1985 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,600 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 4,800 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 5,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 5,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 5,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 5,905 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 6,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 6,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 6,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 6,500 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 6,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 6,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 6,727 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 6,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 6,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 6,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 7,900 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 8,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 8,164 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 8,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 8,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 8,808 ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 8,503 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 8,814 ha | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 8,971 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 9,119 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 9,248 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 9,113 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 9,160 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,174 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,149 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,633 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,260 ha | 2,900 ha | 3,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,390 ha | 3,700 ha | 5,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,830 ha | 5,300 ha | 6,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,933 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,900 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,538 ha | 8,000 ha | 9,119 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,169 ha | 9,113 ha | 9,248 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eswatini?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eswatini was 9,149 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 9,248 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Eswatini ranks 14th 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 Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.