Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 47,729 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 47,729 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia peaked at 52,168 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 10,520 ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 10th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,520 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,980 ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 11,410 ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 11,940 ha | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 12,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1966 | 12,830 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 13,290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1968 | 13,720 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 13,950 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 14,410 ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 14,740 ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 15,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 15,330 ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 15,560 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 15,890 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 16,320 ha | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 16,450 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 16,680 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 16,910 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 29,208 ha | +72.7% |
| 1981 | 29,119 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 30,406 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 32,709 ha | +7.6% |
| 1984 | 46,213 ha | +41.3% |
| 1985 | 46,210 ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 47,207 ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 51,429 ha | +8.9% |
| 1988 | 52,156 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 51,867 ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 51,759 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 40,214 ha | -22.3% |
| 1992 | 40,661 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 39,245 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 37,445 ha | -4.6% |
| 1995 | 35,640 ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 35,421 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 32,396 ha | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 32,158 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 32,621 ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 32,361 ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 33,064 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 36,869 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 37,936 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 37,960 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 38,721 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 39,731 ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 40,171 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 39,803 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 44,138 ha | +10.9% |
| 2010 | 43,740 ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 45,478 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 44,596 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 45,277 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 45,304 ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 46,633 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 45,416 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 45,305 ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 46,415 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 52,168 ha | +12.4% |
| 2020 | 48,296 ha | -7.4% |
| 2021 | 49,561 ha | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 49,724 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 50,982 ha | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 47,729 ha | -6.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +72.7% | 16,910 ha | 29,208 ha |
| 1984 | +41.3% | 32,709 ha | 46,213 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,338 ha | 10,520 ha | 13,950 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,759 ha | 14,410 ha | 16,910 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,652 ha | 29,119 ha | 52,156 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,756 ha | 32,158 ha | 51,759 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,075 ha | 32,361 ha | 44,138 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 46,033 ha | 43,740 ha | 52,168 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,258 ha | 47,729 ha | 50,982 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 12 Ecuador 10,626 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 739 ha compare
- 13 France 9,899 ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 640 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 Southern Asia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia was 47,729 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 52,168 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,520 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Southern Asia ranks 10th 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 Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.