Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain
Spain: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 516 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 516 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2017.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain peaked at 1,217 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 180 ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 44th out of 74 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain, year by year
| 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 | 622 ha | +10.5% |
| 1993 | 470 ha | -24.4% |
| 1994 | 715 ha | +52.1% |
| 1995 | 490 ha | -31.5% |
| 1996 | 375 ha | -23.5% |
| 1997 | 350 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 300 ha | -14.3% |
| 1999 | 410 ha | +36.7% |
| 2000 | 300 ha | -26.8% |
| 2001 | 392 ha | +30.7% |
| 2002 | 400 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 363 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 386 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 400 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 2008 | 419 ha | -16.2% |
| 2009 | 441 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 339 ha | -23.1% |
| 2011 | 296 ha | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 415 ha | +40.2% |
| 2013 | 382 ha | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 392 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 398 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 540 ha | +35.7% |
| 2017 | 516 ha | -4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 | 490.1 ha | 300 ha | 715 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 395.1 ha | 300 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 409.75 ha | 296 ha | 540 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 41 Honduras 854 ha compare
- 42 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 670 ha compare
- 43 Kiribati 640 ha compare
- 45 Sao Tome and Principe 474 ha compare
- 46 Brunei Darussalam 464 ha compare
- 47 Grenada 427 ha compare
- 47 Saint Lucia 427 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 Spain?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain was 516 ha in 2017, 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 1,217 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 180 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Spain ranks 44th out of 74 countries with data for 2017.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.