Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Kiribati
Kiribati: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 640 ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Kiribati, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 640 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 1990.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Kiribati peaked at 790 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 500 ha, in 1961.
That places Kiribati 43rd out of 74 countries with data for 1990, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 520 ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 580 ha | +11.5% |
| 1966 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 610 ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 620 ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 630 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 640 ha | +1.6% |
| 1971 | 770 ha | +20.3% |
| 1972 | 710 ha | -7.8% |
| 1973 | 740 ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 760 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 790 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 780 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 770 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 760 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 750 ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 740 ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 730 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 720 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 710 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 690 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 680 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 670 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 660 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 650 ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 640 ha | -1.5% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 640 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,327 ha, 28% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 640 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,350 ha, 27% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 562.22 ha | 500 ha | 630 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 747 ha | 640 ha | 790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 695 ha | 650 ha | 740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 640 ha | 640 ha | 640 ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Kiribati
- 40 Slovenia 900 ha
- 41 Honduras 854 ha compare
- 42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 670 ha compare
- 44 Spain 516 ha compare
- 45 Sao Tome and Principe 474 ha compare
- 46 Brunei Darussalam 464 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kiribati
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2317 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 590.95 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Kiribati?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Kiribati was 640 ha in 1990, 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 790 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 ha in 1961.
- How does Kiribati rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Kiribati ranks 43rd out of 74 countries with data for 1990.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.