Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America
South America: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 81,873 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America, 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 South America stood at 81,873 ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America peaked at 96,586 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 48,287 ha, in 1961.
South America ranks 8th of 25 groups 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,287 ha | — |
| 1962 | 51,451 ha | +6.6% |
| 1963 | 51,549 ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 50,379 ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 60,276 ha | +19.6% |
| 1966 | 57,074 ha | -5.3% |
| 1967 | 59,374 ha | +4.0% |
| 1968 | 55,199 ha | -7.0% |
| 1969 | 61,748 ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 69,791 ha | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 66,927 ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 65,437 ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 62,182 ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 62,369 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 60,426 ha | -3.1% |
| 1976 | 61,266 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 65,879 ha | +7.5% |
| 1978 | 61,519 ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 66,692 ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 63,104 ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 75,645 ha | +19.9% |
| 1982 | 78,175 ha | +3.3% |
| 1983 | 70,938 ha | -9.3% |
| 1984 | 83,159 ha | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 88,929 ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 92,387 ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 93,889 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 89,647 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 91,446 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 92,495 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 92,347 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 94,533 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 93,538 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 96,586 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 87,552 ha | -9.4% |
| 1996 | 74,849 ha | -14.5% |
| 1997 | 78,131 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 88,813 ha | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 87,039 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 90,736 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 90,193 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 86,564 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 73,782 ha | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 72,084 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 76,637 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 75,534 ha | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 79,419 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 79,488 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 79,487 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 80,604 ha | +1.4% |
| 2011 | 80,796 ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 74,192 ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 91,291 ha | +23.0% |
| 2014 | 92,814 ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 90,780 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 92,024 ha | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 84,020 ha | -8.7% |
| 2018 | 82,064 ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 84,195 ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 86,411 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 81,433 ha | -5.8% |
| 2022 | 80,977 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 81,051 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 81,873 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55,037 ha | 48,287 ha | 61,748 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 64,249 ha | 60,426 ha | 69,791 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 82,732 ha | 63,104 ha | 93,889 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 88,588 ha | 74,849 ha | 96,586 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 80,392 ha | 72,084 ha | 90,736 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 85,278 ha | 74,192 ha | 92,814 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,349 ha | 80,977 ha | 86,411 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126,371 ha compare
- 5 Nepal 29,539 ha compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 25,122 ha compare
- 7 Haiti 24,456 ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 26,472 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16,541 ha compare
- 8 Thailand 17,040 ha compare
- 9 Eritrea 15,193 ha compare
- 9 Timor-Leste 8,269 ha compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 13,406 ha compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3,520 ha compare
- 11 Pakistan 12,214 ha compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 993 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 South America?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America was 81,873 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 96,586 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,287 ha in 1961.
- How does South America rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- South America ranks 8th 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 South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.