Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 83,932 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa stood at 83,932 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.62 million t in 1992 and was at its lowest, 79,142 t, in 2015.
That places Eastern Africa 17th 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 Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 427,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 427,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 432,400 t | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 436,400 t | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 443,400 t | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 451,400 t | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 461,400 t | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 470,400 t | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 479,500 t | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 488,800 t | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 498,300 t | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 507,900 t | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 562,500 t | +10.8% |
| 1974 | 663,500 t | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 812,600 t | +22.5% |
| 1976 | 912,700 t | +12.3% |
| 1977 | 1.11 million t | +21.9% |
| 1978 | 1.31 million t | +18.1% |
| 1979 | 1.51 million t | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 1.62 million t | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1.72 million t | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 1.82 million t | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 1.92 million t | +5.5% |
| 1984 | 1.72 million t | -10.4% |
| 1985 | 1.82 million t | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 2.02 million t | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 2.12 million t | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 2.32 million t | +9.5% |
| 1989 | 2.22 million t | -4.3% |
| 1990 | 2.52 million t | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 2.42 million t | -4.0% |
| 1992 | 2.62 million t | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 100,593 t | -96.2% |
| 1994 | 108,978 t | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 120,100 t | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 120,577 t | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 114,366 t | -5.2% |
| 1998 | 120,050 t | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 109,041 t | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 112,185 t | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 108,615 t | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 115,737 t | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 124,701 t | +7.7% |
| 2004 | 129,113 t | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 130,717 t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 127,751 t | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 114,434 t | -10.4% |
| 2008 | 110,024 t | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 98,901 t | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 94,690 t | -4.3% |
| 2011 | 94,721 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 92,500 t | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 93,500 t | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 92,288 t | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 79,142 t | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 88,242 t | +11.5% |
| 2017 | 87,829 t | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 85,181 t | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 87,376 t | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 87,827 t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 85,550 t | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 85,070 t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 84,531 t | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 83,932 t | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | -96.2% | 2.62 million t | 100,593 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 447,744 t | 427,400 t | 479,500 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 838,710 t | 488,800 t | 1.51 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.93 million t | 1.62 million t | 2.32 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 836,242 t | 100,593 t | 2.62 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 117,218 t | 98,901 t | 130,717 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 89,547 t | 79,142 t | 94,721 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 85,382 t | 83,932 t | 87,827 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Eastern Africa was 83,932 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.62 million t in 1992.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 79,142 t in 2015.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Eastern Africa ranks 17th 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 Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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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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.