Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Europe
Europe: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 279 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Europe, 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 Europe is 279 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 96.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Europe peaked at 11,604 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 256 ha, in 2018.
That places Europe 22nd out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 430 ha | — |
| 1962 | 640 ha | +48.8% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 650 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 750 ha | +15.4% |
| 1967 | 680 ha | -9.3% |
| 1968 | 510 ha | -25.0% |
| 1969 | 500 ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 650 ha | +30.0% |
| 1971 | 870 ha | +33.8% |
| 1972 | 789 ha | -9.3% |
| 1973 | 933 ha | +18.3% |
| 1974 | 1,004 ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 1,012 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 987 ha | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 1,017 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 997 ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 999 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 1,218 ha | +21.9% |
| 1981 | 1,467 ha | +20.4% |
| 1982 | 1,382 ha | -5.8% |
| 1983 | 908 ha | -34.3% |
| 1984 | 723 ha | -20.4% |
| 1985 | 842 ha | +16.5% |
| 1986 | 886 ha | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 880 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 643 ha | -26.9% |
| 1989 | 671 ha | +4.4% |
| 1990 | 806 ha | +20.1% |
| 1991 | 643 ha | -20.2% |
| 1992 | 4,608 ha | +616.6% |
| 1993 | 4,998 ha | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 4,700 ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 3,882 ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 3,300 ha | -15.0% |
| 1997 | 3,136 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 3,106 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,474 ha | -20.3% |
| 2000 | 2,341 ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 2,468 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 8,837 ha | +258.1% |
| 2003 | 8,504 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 8,269 ha | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 8,134 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 7,360 ha | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 7,611 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 7,373 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 7,903 ha | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 7,862 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 8,188 ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 8,580 ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 9,031 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 9,108 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 9,709 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 11,429 ha | +17.7% |
| 2017 | 11,604 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 256 ha | -97.8% |
| 2019 | 292 ha | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 279 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 276 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 282 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 279 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 279 ha | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +616.6% | 643 ha | 4,608 ha |
| 2002 | +258.1% | 2,468 ha | 8,837 ha |
| 2018 | -97.8% | 11,604 ha | 256 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 612.22 ha | 430 ha | 750 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 925.8 ha | 650 ha | 1,017 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 962 ha | 643 ha | 1,467 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,165 ha | 643 ha | 4,998 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,880 ha | 2,341 ha | 8,837 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,606 ha | 256 ha | 11,604 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 279 ha | 276 ha | 282 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 2,493 ha compare
- 19 Equatorial Guinea 6,419 ha compare
- 20 Mexico 6,277 ha compare
- 21 Philippines 5,799 ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 5,113 ha compare
- 23 Japan 3,727 ha compare
- 24 Sri Lanka 3,700 ha compare
- 25 China 3,528 ha compare
- 25 China, mainland 3,528 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 Europe?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Europe was 279 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 11,604 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 256 ha in 2018.
- How does Europe rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Europe ranks 22nd 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 Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.