Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America
Central America: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 205,500 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Central America recorded 205,500 t for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.9% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America peaked at 272,152 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 26,527 t, in 1961.
That places Central America 12th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,527 t | — |
| 1962 | 31,639 t | +19.3% |
| 1963 | 38,004 t | +20.1% |
| 1964 | 40,669 t | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 38,041 t | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 40,306 t | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 32,174 t | -20.2% |
| 1968 | 35,139 t | +9.2% |
| 1969 | 35,963 t | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 39,238 t | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 42,821 t | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 59,869 t | +39.8% |
| 1973 | 34,890 t | -41.7% |
| 1974 | 44,750 t | +28.3% |
| 1975 | 41,451 t | -7.4% |
| 1976 | 39,148 t | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 46,069 t | +17.7% |
| 1978 | 78,667 t | +70.8% |
| 1979 | 60,909 t | -22.6% |
| 1980 | 47,345 t | -22.3% |
| 1981 | 61,220 t | +29.3% |
| 1982 | 60,846 t | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 70,564 t | +16.0% |
| 1984 | 86,299 t | +22.3% |
| 1985 | 57,017 t | -33.9% |
| 1986 | 99,186 t | +74.0% |
| 1987 | 77,060 t | -22.3% |
| 1988 | 83,435 t | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 95,851 t | +14.9% |
| 1990 | 112,030 t | +16.9% |
| 1991 | 101,663 t | -9.3% |
| 1992 | 96,166 t | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 107,977 t | +12.3% |
| 1994 | 125,379 t | +16.1% |
| 1995 | 133,752 t | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 130,292 t | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 116,173 t | -10.8% |
| 1998 | 132,233 t | +13.8% |
| 1999 | 153,891 t | +16.4% |
| 2000 | 150,981 t | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 157,576 t | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 151,830 t | -3.6% |
| 2003 | 206,225 t | +35.8% |
| 2004 | 206,852 t | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 227,506 t | +10.0% |
| 2006 | 235,495 t | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 191,861 t | -18.5% |
| 2008 | 223,028 t | +16.2% |
| 2009 | 206,820 t | -7.3% |
| 2010 | 249,353 t | +20.6% |
| 2011 | 220,691 t | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 228,318 t | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 197,888 t | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 212,005 t | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 222,612 t | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 272,152 t | +22.3% |
| 2017 | 243,004 t | -10.7% |
| 2018 | 229,512 t | -5.6% |
| 2019 | 241,471 t | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 232,491 t | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 227,625 t | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 211,268 t | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 220,825 t | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 205,500 t | -6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,385 t | 26,527 t | 40,669 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,781 t | 34,890 t | 78,667 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 73,882 t | 47,345 t | 99,186 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 120,956 t | 96,166 t | 153,891 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 195,817 t | 150,981 t | 235,495 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 231,701 t | 197,888 t | 272,152 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 219,542 t | 205,500 t | 232,491 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49,688 t compare
- 9 Nepal 153,475 t compare
- 10 Colombia 129,129 t compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 27,293 t compare
- 11 Botswana 106,245 t compare
- 11 Micronesia 6,400 t compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 87,574 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 6,035 t compare
- 13 Eswatini 66,514 t compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 2,221 t compare
- 14 Congo 63,340 t compare
- 15 France 62,327 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America was 205,500 t 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 272,152 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,527 t in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Central America ranks 12th 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 Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central America 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 — Production. 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.