Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 146,758 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 146,758 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Middle Africa peaked at 152,625 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9,050 ha, in 1961.
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 Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,450 ha | +37.6% |
| 1963 | 12,550 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 12,650 ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 12,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 12,850 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 12,950 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 13,100 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 13,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 13,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 13,900 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 14,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 14,350 ha | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 14,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 14,650 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 14,850 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 14,750 ha | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 14,600 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 12,100 ha | -17.1% |
| 1980 | 12,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 12,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 12,750 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 12,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 12,920 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 13,150 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 14,120 ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 14,610 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 15,040 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 25,090 ha | +66.8% |
| 1991 | 28,127 ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 33,471 ha | +19.0% |
| 1993 | 38,697 ha | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 43,504 ha | +12.4% |
| 1995 | 48,982 ha | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 54,316 ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 59,255 ha | +9.1% |
| 1998 | 64,149 ha | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 69,063 ha | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 74,312 ha | +7.6% |
| 2001 | 79,628 ha | +7.2% |
| 2002 | 84,926 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 90,296 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 95,617 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 100,889 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 104,154 ha | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 109,288 ha | +4.9% |
| 2008 | 113,953 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 119,023 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 127,597 ha | +7.2% |
| 2011 | 135,440 ha | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 139,015 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 137,020 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 136,645 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 152,625 ha | +11.7% |
| 2016 | 142,356 ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 143,770 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 147,653 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 144,490 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 147,160 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 146,648 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 146,300 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 146,890 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 146,758 ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Middle Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +66.8% | 15,040 ha | 25,090 ha |
| 1962 | +37.6% | 9,050 ha | 12,450 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,383 ha | 9,050 ha | 13,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,110 ha | 12,100 ha | 14,850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,229 ha | 12,100 ha | 15,040 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 46,465 ha | 25,090 ha | 69,063 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,209 ha | 74,312 ha | 119,023 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 140,661 ha | 127,597 ha | 152,625 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 146,751 ha | 146,300 ha | 147,160 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Ethiopia PDR 370,000 ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 63,444 ha compare
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- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 140,130 ha compare
- 4 Peru 39,770 ha compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126,371 ha compare
- 5 Nepal 29,539 ha compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 25,122 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 Middle Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Middle Africa was 146,758 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 152,625 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,050 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd 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 Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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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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.