Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia
Namibia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 43,947 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia, 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 Namibia is 43,947 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia peaked at 44,414 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Namibia 3rd out of 74 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 25,453 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 23,000 ha | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 29,456 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 30,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 32,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 2002 | 33,500 ha | +4.7% |
| 2003 | 34,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 36,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 38,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 37,966 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 36,997 ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 39,000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2011 | 39,345 ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 40,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 39,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 40,869 ha | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 41,759 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 42,172 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 42,593 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 43,141 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 43,789 ha | +1.5% |
| 2020 | 44,414 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 43,781 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 43,995 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 44,063 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 43,947 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,667 ha | 17,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,600 ha | 20,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,900 ha | 22,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,191 ha | 23,000 ha | 29,456 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,496 ha | 30,000 ha | 39,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,187 ha | 39,000 ha | 43,789 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,040 ha | 43,781 ha | 44,414 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 1 Ethiopia PDR 370,000 ha compare
- 2 Indonesia 63,444 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia was 43,947 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 44,414 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Namibia ranks 3rd 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 Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.