Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname
Suriname: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 153 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname is 153 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname peaked at 210 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 14 ha, in 1963.
That places Suriname 58th out of 74 countries 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26 ha | — |
| 1962 | 24 ha | -7.7% |
| 1963 | 14 ha | -41.7% |
| 1964 | 19 ha | +35.7% |
| 1965 | 27 ha | +42.1% |
| 1966 | 26 ha | -3.7% |
| 1967 | 31 ha | +19.2% |
| 1968 | 42 ha | +35.5% |
| 1969 | 40 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 30 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 91 ha | +203.3% |
| 1972 | 80 ha | -12.1% |
| 1973 | 46 ha | -42.5% |
| 1974 | 50 ha | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1976 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 67 ha | +11.7% |
| 1978 | 64 ha | -4.5% |
| 1979 | 52 ha | -18.8% |
| 1980 | 161 ha | +209.6% |
| 1981 | 210 ha | +30.4% |
| 1982 | 123 ha | -41.4% |
| 1983 | 131 ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 160 ha | +22.1% |
| 1985 | 134 ha | -16.2% |
| 1986 | 87 ha | -35.1% |
| 1987 | 45 ha | -48.3% |
| 1988 | 37 ha | -17.8% |
| 1989 | 34 ha | -8.1% |
| 1990 | 40 ha | +17.6% |
| 1991 | 44 ha | +10.0% |
| 1992 | 46 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 50 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 48 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 50 ha | +4.2% |
| 1996 | 60 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 70 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 64 ha | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 75 ha | +17.2% |
| 2000 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 77 ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 35 ha | -54.5% |
| 2003 | 50 ha | +42.9% |
| 2004 | 55 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 30 ha | -45.5% |
| 2006 | 50 ha | +66.7% |
| 2007 | 35 ha | -30.0% |
| 2008 | 36 ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 53 ha | +47.2% |
| 2010 | 35 ha | -34.0% |
| 2011 | 42 ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 98 ha | +133.3% |
| 2013 | 128 ha | +30.6% |
| 2014 | 158 ha | +23.4% |
| 2015 | 156 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 147 ha | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 154 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 148 ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 147 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 148 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 157 ha | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 151 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 152 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 153 ha | +0.7% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 153 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 12% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 153 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 20% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname 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 | +209.6% | 52 ha | 161 ha |
| 1971 | +203.3% | 30 ha | 91 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27.67 ha | 14 ha | 42 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 60 ha | 30 ha | 91 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 112.2 ha | 34 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54.7 ha | 40 ha | 75 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.1 ha | 30 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 121.3 ha | 35 ha | 158 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 152.2 ha | 148 ha | 157 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 55 Martinique 230 ha compare
- 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 191 ha compare
- 57 Trinidad and Tobago 178 ha compare
- 59 Zimbabwe 119 ha compare
- 60 Hungary 62 ha compare
- 61 Palestine, State of 35 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname was 153 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 210 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 ha in 1963.
- How does Suriname rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Suriname ranks 58th 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 Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.