Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico

Mexico: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 183,964 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
183,964 t
Change on year
down 7.5%
World rank
8th
of 75 countries
All-time high
246,726 t
in 2016
All-time low
22,165 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Mexico recorded 183,964 t for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.

That represents a change of down 7.5% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico peaked at 246,726 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 22,165 t, in 1961.

Mexico ranks 8th of 75 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

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 Mexico, year by year

Annual values for Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production in Mexico, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 22,165 t
1962 27,177 t +22.6%
1963 33,097 t +21.8%
1964 35,558 t +7.4%
1965 32,941 t -7.4%
1966 35,206 t +6.9%
1967 27,074 t -23.1%
1968 30,339 t +12.1%
1969 32,063 t +5.7%
1970 35,388 t +10.4%
1971 38,971 t +10.1%
1972 55,969 t +43.6%
1973 31,030 t -44.6%
1974 41,048 t +32.3%
1975 37,351 t -9.0%
1976 34,748 t -7.0%
1977 41,419 t +19.2%
1978 73,917 t +78.5%
1979 56,209 t -24.0%
1980 42,595 t -24.2%
1981 56,520 t +32.7%
1982 55,766 t -1.3%
1983 65,235 t +17.0%
1984 80,379 t +23.2%
1985 51,294 t -36.2%
1986 92,380 t +80.1%
1987 69,240 t -25.0%
1988 72,835 t +5.2%
1989 85,414 t +17.3%
1990 87,732 t +2.7%
1991 75,159 t -14.3%
1992 73,291 t -2.5%
1993 86,800 t +18.4%
1994 95,976 t +10.6%
1995 95,563 t -0.4%
1996 99,907 t +4.5%
1997 86,676 t -13.2%
1998 107,827 t +24.4%
1999 112,538 t +4.4%
2000 121,665 t +8.1%
2001 120,200 t -1.2%
2002 112,698 t -6.2%
2003 166,880 t +48.1%
2004 168,971 t +1.3%
2005 185,209 t +9.6%
2006 190,914 t +3.1%
2007 154,823 t -18.9%
2008 180,034 t +16.3%
2009 157,785 t -12.4%
2010 184,271 t +16.8%
2011 174,702 t -5.2%
2012 210,188 t +20.3%
2013 179,453 t -14.6%
2014 187,188 t +4.3%
2015 193,203 t +3.2%
2016 246,726 t +27.7%
2017 216,509 t -12.2%
2018 205,532 t -5.1%
2019 220,968 t +7.5%
2020 211,859 t -4.1%
2021 208,067 t -1.8%
2022 190,182 t -8.6%
2023 198,826 t +4.5%
2024 183,964 t -7.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 30,624 t 22,165 t 35,558 t 9
1970s 44,605 t 31,030 t 73,917 t 10
1980s 67,166 t 42,595 t 92,380 t 10
1990s 92,147 t 73,291 t 112,538 t 10
2000s 155,918 t 112,698 t 190,914 t 10
2010s 201,874 t 174,702 t 246,726 t 10
2020s 198,580 t 183,964 t 211,859 t 5

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 922,483 t compare
  2. 5 Papua New Guinea 369,648 t compare
  3. 6 Thailand 280,114 t compare
  4. 7 Peru 276,425 t compare
  5. 7 Melanesia 373,679 t compare
  6. 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 50,292 t compare
  7. 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49,688 t compare
  8. 9 Nepal 153,475 t compare
  9. 10 Colombia 129,129 t compare
  10. 10 Timor-Leste 27,293 t compare
  11. 11 Botswana 106,245 t compare
  12. 11 Micronesia 6,400 t compare

See the full ranking of 113 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico?
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Mexico was 183,964 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 Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 246,726 t in 2016.
What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 22,165 t in 1961.
How does Mexico rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
Mexico ranks 8th out of 75 countries with data for 2024.
Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Mexico 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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Indicator
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
113 places, 6,047 data points, 1961–2024
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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.