Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Samoa
Samoa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 399 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Samoa stood at 399 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Samoa peaked at 450 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 120 ha, in 1961.
Samoa ranks 50th of 74 countries on this measure, 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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1964 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 240 ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 260 ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 280 ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 370 ha | +12.1% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1976 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1977 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 446 ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 385 ha | -13.7% |
| 1992 | 370 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 383 ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 392 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 397 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 408 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 403 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 405 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 406 ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 406 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 407 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 407 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 401 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 401 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 401 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 400 ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 399 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 399 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 400 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 401 ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 400 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 401 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 401 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 400 ha | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 399 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 399 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 399 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 399 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 399 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185.56 ha | 120 ha | 260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 380 ha | 280 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 450 ha | 450 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 399.5 ha | 370 ha | 446 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 402.3 ha | 400 ha | 407 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 400.1 ha | 399 ha | 401 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 399 ha | 399 ha | 399 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Samoa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Samoa was 399 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 450 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 120 ha in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Samoa ranks 50th 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 Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.