Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 1,144 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 1,144 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa peaked at 1,157 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 12 ha, in 1974.
That places Northern Africa 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30 ha | +30.4% |
| 1963 | 23 ha | -23.3% |
| 1964 | 15 ha | -34.8% |
| 1965 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 23 ha | +53.3% |
| 1971 | 15 ha | -34.8% |
| 1972 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 15 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 12 ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 12 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 332 ha | +2666.7% |
| 1985 | 332 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 332 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 262 ha | -21.1% |
| 1988 | 262 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 262 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 331 ha | +26.3% |
| 1991 | 429 ha | +29.6% |
| 1992 | 660 ha | +53.8% |
| 1993 | 661 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 653 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 667 ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 681 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 694 ha | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 712 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 721 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 733 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 745 ha | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 756 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 757 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 767 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 779 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 750 ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 790 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 817 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 881 ha | +7.8% |
| 2010 | 935 ha | +6.1% |
| 2011 | 989 ha | +5.8% |
| 2012 | 1,069 ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 1,070 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,059 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 1,075 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,095 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,117 ha | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 1,136 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 1,157 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 1,137 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 1,143 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,146 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,142 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,144 ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +2666.7% | 12 ha | 332 ha |
| 1992 | +53.8% | 429 ha | 660 ha |
| 1970 | +53.3% | 15 ha | 23 ha |
| 1964 | -34.8% | 23 ha | 15 ha |
| 1971 | -34.8% | 23 ha | 15 ha |
| 1962 | +30.4% | 23 ha | 30 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18.44 ha | 15 ha | 30 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14 ha | 12 ha | 23 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 183 ha | 12 ha | 332 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 620.9 ha | 331 ha | 721 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 777.5 ha | 733 ha | 881 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,070 ha | 935 ha | 1,157 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,142 ha | 1,137 ha | 1,146 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa was 1,144 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,157 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 12 ha in 1974.
- How does Northern Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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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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.