Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production is currently reported for 85 countries. The highest value is 2.60 million t in Ethiopia PDR; the lowest is 0 t in China, Taiwan Province of.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,895 t, and the mean is 152,905 t.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 637.0%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 100.0%).
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethiopia PDR | 2.60 million t | 1992 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Pakistan | 643,180 t | 2024 | up 125.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 4.95 million t | 2024 | up 164.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 384,233 t | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 379,322 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 922,483 t | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 5 | Papua New Guinea | 369,648 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 6 | Thailand | 280,114 t | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Melanesia | 373,679 t | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 7 | Peru | 276,425 t | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 8 | Mexico | 183,964 t | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 50,292 t | 2024 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Nepal | 153,475 t | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 9 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 49,688 t | 2024 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 10 | Colombia | 129,129 t | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 10 | Timor-Leste | 27,293 t | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 11 | Botswana | 106,245 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 11 | Micronesia | 6,400 t | 1990 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 87,574 t | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 12 | Polynesia | 6,035 t | 2024 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 13 | Eswatini | 66,514 t | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,221 t | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Congo | 63,340 t | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 15 | France | 62,327 t | 2017 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 16 | Haiti | 61,217 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 55,397 t | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 54,947 t | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 19 | China | 54,255 t | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 19 | China, mainland | 54,255 t | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 19 | Côte d'Ivoire | 40,616 t | 2024 | down 1.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Eritrea | 52,386 t | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 22 | Cameroon | 46,237 t | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 39,779 t | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 24 | Cambodia | 39,550 t | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 25 | Bhutan | 35,875 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 26 | Jamaica | 31,088 t | 2024 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 27 | Sri Lanka | 27,936 t | 2024 | down 53.9% | falling |
| 28 | Ecuador | 26,775 t | 2024 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 29 | Malaysia | 20,710 t | 2024 | up 484.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Kenya | 18,264 t | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 31 | Slovenia | 16,000 t | 2017 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Guyana | 12,924 t | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 33 | Iraq | 10,152 t | 2024 | up 318.6% | rising |
| 34 | Mozambique | 9,860 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 35 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9,121 t | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Philippines | 8,895 t | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 8,455 t | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Spain | 8,359 t | 2017 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 7,370 t | 2023 | up 637.0% | volatile |
| 40 | Serbia | 6,675 t | 2024 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 41 | Kiribati | 6,400 t | 1990 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 42 | Maldives | 6,300 t | 1990 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 43 | Togo | 5,790 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Honduras | 5,525 t | 2024 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Egypt | 5,253 t | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Dominica | 4,589 t | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Fiji | 4,030 t | 2024 | down 4.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Guadeloupe | 3,279 t | 2006 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Martinique | 3,260 t | 2006 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Samoa | 3,014 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 51 | Grenada | 2,690 t | 2015 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 52 | Tonga | 2,462 t | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Suriname | 1,804 t | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Saint Lucia | 1,622 t | 2024 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,427 t | 2010 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Zimbabwe | 1,200 t | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 57 | Palestine, State of | 685.4 t | 2022 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Hungary | 609.49 t | 1992 | down 74.6% | falling |
| 59 | Brunei Darussalam | 525.16 t | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 480.88 t | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 61 | Puerto Rico | 464.85 t | 2024 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 62 | Malawi | 374 t | 1990 | down 37.7% | rising |
| 63 | French Polynesia | 221.5 t | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Belize | 192.7 t | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Ghana | 177.25 t | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 66 | Tuvalu | 147.39 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 67 | Morocco | 144.63 t | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 68 | Sao Tome and Principe | 111.93 t | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Cook Islands | 32.2 t | 2020 | down 96.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Singapore | 15.4 t | 2024 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Cyprus | 0 t | 2017 | — | volatile |
| 71 | Estonia | 0 t | 2017 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Panama | 0 t | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 71 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0 t | 1991 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 9.79 million t
- Asia 6.69 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 8.02 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 6.32 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 5.71 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5.37 million t
- Middle Africa 1.07 million t
- Africa 1.85 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 1.43 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 618,022 t
- Americas 861,120 t
- Southern Asia 860,466 t
- Southern Africa 552,082 t
- South America 547,036 t
- Oceania 379,714 t
- Central America 205,500 t
- Western Africa 134,156 t
- Eastern Asia 109,202 t
- Caribbean 108,583 t
- European Union (27) 86,686 t
- Eastern Africa 83,932 t
- Western Europe 62,327 t
- Western Asia 10,522 t
- Europe 6,675 t
- Southern Europe 6,675 t
- Northern Africa 5,397 t
- Eastern Europe 609.49 t
- Northern Europe 0 t
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.