Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 178 ha in 2010. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago, 1989–2010
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 Trinidad and Tobago is 178 ha, measured in 2010.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 295 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 95 ha, in 1989.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 57th out of 74 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 95 ha | — |
| 1990 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 1992 | 120 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 135 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 295 ha | +118.5% |
| 1996 | 180 ha | -39.0% |
| 1997 | 135 ha | -25.0% |
| 1998 | 120 ha | -11.1% |
| 1999 | 217 ha | +80.8% |
| 2000 | 183 ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 105 ha | -42.6% |
| 2002 | 140 ha | +33.3% |
| 2003 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 170 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 181 ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 178 ha | -1.7% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 178 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 120 ha, 1.5× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 178 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 762 ha, 23% 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 Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +118.5% | 135 ha | 295 ha |
| 1999 | +80.8% | 120 ha | 217 ha |
| 2001 | -42.6% | 183 ha | 105 ha |
| 1996 | -39.0% | 295 ha | 180 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 95 ha | 95 ha | 95 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 153.2 ha | 100 ha | 295 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 161.4 ha | 105 ha | 183 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 178 ha | 178 ha | 178 ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 54 Serbia 279 ha
- 55 Martinique 230 ha compare
- 56 Saint Kitts and Nevis 191 ha compare
- 58 Suriname 153 ha compare
- 59 Zimbabwe 119 ha compare
- 60 Hungary 62 ha
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago was 178 ha in 2010, 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 295 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 95 ha in 1989.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 57th out of 74 countries with data for 2010.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.