Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 191 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded 191 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 300 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 175 ha, in 2003.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 56th of 74 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 240 ha | — |
| 1962 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 260 ha | +8.3% |
| 1968 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1974 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 1977 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 280 ha | -6.7% |
| 1981 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 260 ha | -13.3% |
| 1990 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 286 ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 274 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 261 ha | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 247 ha | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 225 ha | -8.9% |
| 1999 | 209 ha | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 195 ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 184 ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 177 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 175 ha | -1.1% |
| 2004 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 185 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 190 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2010 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 198 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 200 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 199 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 211 ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 203 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 199 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 195 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 191 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 195 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 191 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 190 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 192 ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 191 ha | -0.5% |
Saint Kitts and Nevis compared with similar countries
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 191 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120 ha, 1.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis's 191 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 25% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 246.67 ha | 240 ha | 260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 284 ha | 260 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 290 ha | 260 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 264.2 ha | 209 ha | 300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 184.6 ha | 175 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 199.6 ha | 191 ha | 211 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 191.8 ha | 190 ha | 195 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 325.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.681 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 191 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 300 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 175 ha in 2003.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 56th 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.