Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Europe

Southern Europe: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 279 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
279 ha
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
22nd
of 25 groups
All-time high
4,998 ha
in 1993
All-time low
180 ha
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Europe, 1961–2024

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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 Southern Europe stood at 279 ha.

The figure is down 75.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Europe peaked at 4,998 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 180 ha, in 1961.

That places Southern Europe 22nd 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 Southern Europe, year by year

Annual values for Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 180 ha
1962 240 ha +33.3%
1963 250 ha +4.2%
1964 200 ha -20.0%
1965 200 ha +0.0%
1966 300 ha +50.0%
1967 230 ha -23.3%
1968 210 ha -8.7%
1969 200 ha -4.8%
1970 350 ha +75.0%
1971 520 ha +48.6%
1972 439 ha -15.6%
1973 583 ha +32.8%
1974 654 ha +12.2%
1975 652 ha -0.3%
1976 717 ha +10.0%
1977 747 ha +4.2%
1978 797 ha +6.7%
1979 749 ha -6.0%
1980 1,018 ha +35.9%
1981 1,217 ha +19.5%
1982 1,182 ha -2.9%
1983 758 ha -35.9%
1984 623 ha -17.8%
1985 642 ha +3.0%
1986 686 ha +6.9%
1987 680 ha -0.9%
1988 543 ha -20.1%
1989 571 ha +5.2%
1990 606 ha +6.1%
1991 563 ha -7.1%
1992 4,546 ha +707.5%
1993 4,998 ha +9.9%
1994 4,700 ha -6.0%
1995 3,882 ha -17.4%
1996 3,300 ha -15.0%
1997 3,136 ha -5.0%
1998 3,106 ha -1.0%
1999 2,474 ha -20.3%
2000 2,341 ha -5.4%
2001 2,468 ha +5.4%
2002 2,243 ha -9.1%
2003 2,384 ha +6.3%
2004 2,023 ha -15.1%
2005 2,270 ha +12.2%
2006 1,419 ha -37.5%
2007 1,370 ha -3.5%
2008 1,067 ha -22.1%
2009 1,380 ha +29.3%
2010 1,066 ha -22.8%
2011 1,022 ha -4.1%
2012 1,212 ha +18.6%
2013 1,172 ha -3.3%
2014 1,153 ha -1.6%
2015 1,473 ha +27.8%
2016 1,690 ha +14.7%
2017 1,705 ha +0.9%
2018 256 ha -85.0%
2019 292 ha +14.1%
2020 279 ha -4.5%
2021 276 ha -1.1%
2022 282 ha +2.2%
2023 279 ha -1.1%
2024 279 ha +0.0%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Europe 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.

YearChange FromTo
1992 +707.5% 563 ha 4,546 ha
2018 -85.0% 1,705 ha 256 ha
1970 +75.0% 200 ha 350 ha

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 223.33 ha 180 ha 300 ha 9
1970s 620.8 ha 350 ha 797 ha 10
1980s 792 ha 543 ha 1,217 ha 10
1990s 3,131 ha 563 ha 4,998 ha 10
2000s 1,896 ha 1,067 ha 2,468 ha 10
2010s 1,104 ha 256 ha 1,705 ha 10
2020s 279 ha 276 ha 282 ha 5

Countries ranked near Southern Europe

  1. 19 Côte d'Ivoire 2,493 ha compare
  2. 19 Equatorial Guinea 6,419 ha compare
  3. 20 Mexico 6,277 ha compare
  4. 21 Philippines 5,799 ha compare
  5. 22 Cameroon 5,113 ha compare
  6. 23 Japan 3,727 ha compare
  7. 24 Sri Lanka 3,700 ha compare
  8. 25 China 3,528 ha compare
  9. 25 China, mainland 3,528 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 Europe?
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Europe was 279 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 Europe?
The highest recorded value was 4,998 ha in 1993.
What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Southern Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 180 ha in 1961.
How does Southern Europe rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
Southern Europe ranks 22nd 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 Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 75.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Southern Europe 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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Indicator
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
112 places, 5,943 data points, 1961–2024
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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.