Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico
Mexico: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 6,277 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 6,277 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico peaked at 8,226 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,005 ha, in 1980.
That places Mexico 20th out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,972 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,657 ha | +23.0% |
| 1963 | 4,214 ha | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 4,124 ha | -2.1% |
| 1965 | 4,385 ha | +6.3% |
| 1966 | 4,452 ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 3,524 ha | -20.8% |
| 1968 | 4,176 ha | +18.5% |
| 1969 | 4,209 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 4,524 ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 3,884 ha | -14.1% |
| 1972 | 4,599 ha | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 3,164 ha | -31.2% |
| 1974 | 2,899 ha | -8.4% |
| 1975 | 3,203 ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 3,019 ha | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 2,713 ha | -10.1% |
| 1978 | 3,369 ha | +24.2% |
| 1979 | 4,821 ha | +43.1% |
| 1980 | 2,005 ha | -58.4% |
| 1981 | 2,221 ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 2,244 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 2,329 ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 3,002 ha | +28.9% |
| 1985 | 2,029 ha | -32.4% |
| 1986 | 3,436 ha | +69.3% |
| 1987 | 2,763 ha | -19.6% |
| 1988 | 3,115 ha | +12.7% |
| 1989 | 3,465 ha | +11.2% |
| 1990 | 3,416 ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 2,779 ha | -18.6% |
| 1992 | 2,561 ha | -7.8% |
| 1993 | 3,017 ha | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 3,347 ha | +10.9% |
| 1995 | 3,201 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 3,595 ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 3,462 ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 3,551 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 4,096 ha | +15.3% |
| 2000 | 4,290 ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 4,349 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 4,115 ha | -5.4% |
| 2003 | 6,175 ha | +50.1% |
| 2004 | 6,434 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 6,690 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 6,313 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 5,193 ha | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 6,639 ha | +27.8% |
| 2009 | 5,583 ha | -15.9% |
| 2010 | 6,722 ha | +20.4% |
| 2011 | 6,547 ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 8,082 ha | +23.4% |
| 2013 | 6,851 ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 7,296 ha | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 7,154 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 8,226 ha | +15.0% |
| 2017 | 7,298 ha | -11.3% |
| 2018 | 6,799 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 7,946 ha | +16.9% |
| 2020 | 7,473 ha | -6.0% |
| 2021 | 7,311 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 6,399 ha | -12.5% |
| 2023 | 7,222 ha | +12.9% |
| 2024 | 6,277 ha | -13.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,968 ha | 2,972 ha | 4,452 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,620 ha | 2,713 ha | 4,821 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,661 ha | 2,005 ha | 3,465 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,302 ha | 2,561 ha | 4,096 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,578 ha | 4,115 ha | 6,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,292 ha | 6,547 ha | 8,226 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,936 ha | 6,277 ha | 7,473 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 17 Botswana 8,098 ha compare
- 18 Vanuatu 6,686 ha compare
- 19 Côte d'Ivoire 2,493 ha compare
- 19 Equatorial Guinea 6,419 ha compare
- 21 Philippines 5,799 ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 5,113 ha compare
- 23 Japan 3,727 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico was 6,277 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 8,226 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,005 ha in 1980.
- How does Mexico rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Mexico ranks 20th 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 Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.