Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 34 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico, 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 Puerto Rico is 34 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.0% on the previous year and down 70.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico peaked at 6,712 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 34 ha, in 2024.
Puerto Rico ranks 62nd of 74 countries on this measure, 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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,952 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,991 ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 5,172 ha | +3.6% |
| 1964 | 6,170 ha | +19.3% |
| 1965 | 5,596 ha | -9.3% |
| 1966 | 6,712 ha | +19.9% |
| 1967 | 6,288 ha | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 3,930 ha | -37.5% |
| 1969 | 3,851 ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 4,323 ha | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 3,930 ha | -9.1% |
| 1972 | 3,274 ha | -16.7% |
| 1973 | 3,341 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 1,965 ha | -41.2% |
| 1975 | 3,278 ha | +66.8% |
| 1976 | 3,286 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | -39.1% |
| 1978 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 1,950 ha | +14.7% |
| 1980 | 1,965 ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 1,570 ha | -20.1% |
| 1982 | 1,530 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 1,790 ha | +17.0% |
| 1984 | 1,760 ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 1,780 ha | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 1,580 ha | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 1,230 ha | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 1,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 1,340 ha | +7.2% |
| 1990 | 1,030 ha | -23.1% |
| 1991 | 865 ha | -16.0% |
| 1992 | 810 ha | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 1,630 ha | +101.2% |
| 1994 | 1,470 ha | -9.8% |
| 1995 | 1,140 ha | -22.4% |
| 1996 | 1,020 ha | -10.5% |
| 1997 | 1,250 ha | +22.5% |
| 1998 | 1,362 ha | +9.0% |
| 1999 | 330 ha | -75.8% |
| 2000 | 650 ha | +97.0% |
| 2001 | 530 ha | -18.5% |
| 2002 | 470 ha | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 296 ha | -37.0% |
| 2004 | 298 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 242 ha | -18.8% |
| 2006 | 239 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 217 ha | -9.2% |
| 2008 | 204 ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 187 ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 171 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 155 ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 93 ha | -40.0% |
| 2013 | 127 ha | +36.6% |
| 2014 | 117 ha | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 109 ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 101 ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 94 ha | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 76 ha | -19.1% |
| 2019 | 67 ha | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 56 ha | -16.4% |
| 2021 | 51 ha | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 82 ha | +60.8% |
| 2023 | 40 ha | -51.2% |
| 2024 | 34 ha | -15.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 34 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 120 ha, 28% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 34 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 4% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +101.2% | 810 ha | 1,630 ha |
| 2000 | +97.0% | 330 ha | 650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,296 ha | 3,851 ha | 6,712 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,905 ha | 1,700 ha | 4,323 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,580 ha | 1,230 ha | 1,965 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,091 ha | 330 ha | 1,630 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 333.3 ha | 187 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 111 ha | 67 ha | 171 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.6 ha | 34 ha | 82 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico was 34 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 6,712 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 34 ha in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Puerto Rico ranks 62nd 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 Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 70.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.