Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia
Western Asia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 986 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 986 ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.7% on the previous year and up 2,304.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia peaked at 986 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1974.
That places Western Asia 21st out of 25 groups 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 Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40 ha | +21.2% |
| 1963 | 47 ha | +17.5% |
| 1964 | 47 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 47 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 47 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 40 ha | -14.9% |
| 1968 | 33 ha | -17.5% |
| 1969 | 27 ha | -18.2% |
| 1970 | 24 ha | -11.1% |
| 1971 | 20 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 15 ha | -25.0% |
| 1973 | 5 ha | -66.7% |
| 1974 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 0 ha | — |
| 1989 | 0 ha | — |
| 1990 | 0 ha | — |
| 1994 | 37 ha | — |
| 1995 | 44 ha | +18.9% |
| 1996 | 146 ha | +231.8% |
| 1997 | 156 ha | +6.8% |
| 1998 | 107 ha | -31.4% |
| 1999 | 134 ha | +25.2% |
| 2000 | 97 ha | -27.6% |
| 2001 | 117 ha | +20.6% |
| 2002 | 110 ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 102 ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 118 ha | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 111 ha | -5.9% |
| 2006 | 177 ha | +59.5% |
| 2007 | 124 ha | -29.9% |
| 2008 | 114 ha | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 78 ha | -31.6% |
| 2010 | 38 ha | -51.3% |
| 2011 | 46 ha | +21.1% |
| 2012 | 40 ha | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 42 ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 41 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 30 ha | -26.8% |
| 2016 | 354 ha | +1080.0% |
| 2017 | 581 ha | +64.1% |
| 2018 | 392 ha | -32.5% |
| 2019 | 708 ha | +80.6% |
| 2020 | 791 ha | +11.7% |
| 2021 | 963 ha | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 935 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 933 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 986 ha | +5.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +1080.0% | 30 ha | 354 ha |
| 1996 | +231.8% | 44 ha | 146 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40.11 ha | 27 ha | 47 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6.4 ha | 0 ha | 24 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 89.14 ha | 0 ha | 156 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 114.8 ha | 78 ha | 177 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 227.2 ha | 30 ha | 708 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 921.6 ha | 791 ha | 986 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia was 986 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 986 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1974.
- How does Western Asia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Western Asia ranks 21st out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2,304.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.