Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 364,701 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 364,701 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.2% on the previous year and up 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 466,566 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 129,096 ha, in 1993.
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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 209,710 ha | — |
| 1962 | 210,210 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 213,110 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 216,630 ha | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 219,590 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 225,110 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 230,620 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 237,380 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 242,090 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 246,580 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 253,090 ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 257,970 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 252,850 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 263,580 ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 273,940 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 274,450 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 288,520 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 289,160 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 311,574 ha | +7.8% |
| 1980 | 322,640 ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 332,130 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 342,520 ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 345,960 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 348,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 357,910 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 381,430 ha | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 385,205 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 400,685 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 399,005 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 434,562 ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 430,522 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 466,566 ha | +8.4% |
| 1993 | 129,096 ha | -72.3% |
| 1994 | 132,948 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 136,413 ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 139,648 ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 146,324 ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 151,445 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 157,546 ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 161,787 ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 169,269 ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 178,128 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 186,894 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 194,908 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 202,171 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 197,694 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 198,221 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 198,353 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 233,440 ha | +17.7% |
| 2010 | 249,219 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 275,568 ha | +10.6% |
| 2012 | 287,230 ha | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 286,299 ha | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 302,863 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 333,004 ha | +10.0% |
| 2016 | 326,145 ha | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 314,114 ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 342,625 ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 342,527 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 355,033 ha | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 347,659 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 353,668 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 360,537 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 364,701 ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 222,717 ha | 209,710 ha | 242,090 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 271,171 ha | 246,580 ha | 311,574 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 361,638 ha | 322,640 ha | 400,685 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 232,507 ha | 129,096 ha | 466,566 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 192,086 ha | 161,787 ha | 233,440 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 305,959 ha | 249,219 ha | 342,625 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 356,320 ha | 347,659 ha | 364,701 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Ethiopia PDR 370,000 ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 63,444 ha compare
- 3 Namibia 43,947 ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 140,130 ha compare
- 4 Peru 39,770 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 364,701 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 466,566 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 129,096 ha in 1993.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.