Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand
Thailand: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 17,040 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 17,040 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand peaked at 17,418 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,600 ha, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 8th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1963 | 1,900 ha | +11.8% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 2,300 ha | +9.5% |
| 1967 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 2,600 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1973 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1974 | 3,400 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 3,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 3,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 4,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 4,343 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 6,170 ha | +42.1% |
| 1982 | 5,651 ha | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 4,600 ha | -18.6% |
| 1984 | 4,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 4,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 4,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 4,250 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 4,200 ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 4,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,922 ha | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 3,349 ha | -14.6% |
| 1992 | 3,949 ha | +17.9% |
| 1993 | 4,500 ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 6,500 ha | +18.2% |
| 1997 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 6,500 ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 7,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2000 | 8,450 ha | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 7,712 ha | -8.7% |
| 2002 | 7,457 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 9,023 ha | +21.0% |
| 2004 | 10,527 ha | +16.7% |
| 2005 | 10,538 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 12,369 ha | +17.4% |
| 2007 | 13,645 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 13,781 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 14,325 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 14,990 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 15,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 15,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 16,270 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 17,029 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 16,266 ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 17,034 ha | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 16,776 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 16,692 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 17,418 ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 16,962 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 17,024 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 17,135 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 17,040 ha | -0.6% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 17,040 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,325 ha, 12.9× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 17,040 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,350 ha, 7.2× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,144 ha | 1,600 ha | 2,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,520 ha | 2,900 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,661 ha | 4,200 ha | 6,170 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,372 ha | 3,349 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,783 ha | 7,457 ha | 14,325 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,056 ha | 14,990 ha | 17,034 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,116 ha | 16,962 ha | 17,418 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 126,371 ha compare
- 5 Nepal 29,539 ha compare
- 6 Papua New Guinea 25,122 ha compare
- 7 Haiti 24,456 ha compare
- 7 Melanesia 26,472 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 16,541 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
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand was 17,040 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 17,418 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Thailand ranks 8th 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 Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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.