Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 6.32 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 6.32 million t for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and up 98.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 6.32 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 567,800 t, in 1961.
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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 567,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 572,000 t | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 581,700 t | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 587,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1965 | 598,700 t | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 619,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 633,700 t | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 655,700 t | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 665,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 681,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 700,600 t | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 720,900 t | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 775,400 t | +7.6% |
| 1974 | 884,000 t | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 1.03 million t | +16.8% |
| 1976 | 1.14 million t | +10.2% |
| 1977 | 1.36 million t | +19.8% |
| 1978 | 1.55 million t | +13.9% |
| 1979 | 1.77 million t | +14.3% |
| 1980 | 1.87 million t | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 1.97 million t | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 2.08 million t | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 2.19 million t | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 2.06 million t | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 2.16 million t | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 2.37 million t | +9.9% |
| 1987 | 2.48 million t | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 2.67 million t | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 2.56 million t | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 2.90 million t | +13.2% |
| 1991 | 2.82 million t | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 3.07 million t | +8.8% |
| 1993 | 574,865 t | -81.3% |
| 1994 | 599,033 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 627,814 t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 658,419 t | +4.9% |
| 1997 | 697,681 t | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 727,775 t | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 770,859 t | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 806,104 t | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 849,964 t | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 905,477 t | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 949,902 t | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 993,863 t | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 1.04 million t | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 1.07 million t | +2.5% |
| 2007 | 1.10 million t | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 1.13 million t | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 1.54 million t | +36.4% |
| 2010 | 1.94 million t | +25.9% |
| 2011 | 2.38 million t | +22.6% |
| 2012 | 2.60 million t | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 2.76 million t | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 3.18 million t | +15.2% |
| 2015 | 4.17 million t | +31.1% |
| 2016 | 4.13 million t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 3.89 million t | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 4.88 million t | +25.6% |
| 2019 | 4.90 million t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 5.27 million t | +7.5% |
| 2021 | 5.22 million t | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 5.56 million t | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 6.05 million t | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 6.32 million t | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 609,011 t | 567,800 t | 665,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.06 million t | 681,000 t | 1.77 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 2.24 million t | 1.87 million t | 2.67 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.34 million t | 574,865 t | 3.07 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million t | 806,104 t | 1.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.48 million t | 1.94 million t | 4.90 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.68 million t | 5.22 million t | 6.32 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Ethiopia PDR 2.60 million t compare
- 2 Pakistan 643,180 t compare
- 3 Indonesia 384,233 t compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.95 million t compare
- 4 Namibia 379,322 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 922,483 t compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 369,648 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 6.32 million 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 6.32 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 567,800 t in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.