Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia
Namibia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 379,322 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia, 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 Namibia stood at 379,322 t.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia peaked at 383,583 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 140,000 t, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 4th of 75 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 150,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1963 | 152,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 160,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 162,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 163,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 165,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 165,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 168,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 169,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 170,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 171,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 175,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 175,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 178,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 178,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 180,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 182,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 184,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 184,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 188,000 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 190,000 t | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 193,000 t | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 198,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 200,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 202,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 206,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 210,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 210,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 212,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 215,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 195,000 t | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 200,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 220,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 230,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 240,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 245,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 250,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 255,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 270,000 t | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 285,000 t | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 295,000 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 305,000 t | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 315,000 t | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 320,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 330,000 t | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 323,114 t | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 315,000 t | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 330,000 t | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 334,880 t | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 338,000 t | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 350,000 t | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 353,902 t | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 358,684 t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 362,770 t | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 366,805 t | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 371,969 t | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 377,893 t | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 383,583 t | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 377,815 t | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 379,764 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 380,387 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 379,322 t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 158,333 t | 140,000 t | 168,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 176,200 t | 169,000 t | 184,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 198,100 t | 184,000 t | 210,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 221,700 t | 195,000 t | 250,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 301,311 t | 255,000 t | 330,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 354,490 t | 330,000 t | 377,893 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 380,174 t | 377,815 t | 383,583 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 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
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 922,483 t compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 369,648 t compare
- 6 Thailand 280,114 t compare
- 7 Peru 276,425 t compare
- 7 Melanesia 373,679 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Namibia was 379,322 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 383,583 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 140,000 t in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Namibia ranks 4th 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 Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.