Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 464.85 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico is 464.85 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 41.0% on the previous year and down 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico peaked at 19,368 t in 1966 and was at its lowest, 464.85 t, in 2024.
Puerto Rico ranks 61st of 75 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,334 t | — |
| 1962 | 14,878 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 16,511 t | +11.0% |
| 1964 | 17,826 t | +8.0% |
| 1965 | 16,148 t | -9.4% |
| 1966 | 19,368 t | +19.9% |
| 1967 | 18,144 t | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 12,474 t | -31.2% |
| 1969 | 13,426 t | +7.6% |
| 1970 | 15,195 t | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 12,701 t | -16.4% |
| 1972 | 11,340 t | -10.7% |
| 1973 | 11,567 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 14,742 t | +27.4% |
| 1975 | 14,379 t | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 13,608 t | -5.4% |
| 1977 | 12,928 t | -5.0% |
| 1978 | 11,340 t | -12.3% |
| 1979 | 12,928 t | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 13,064 t | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 10,433 t | -20.1% |
| 1982 | 10,115 t | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 11,794 t | +16.6% |
| 1984 | 11,385 t | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 11,794 t | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 10,432 t | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 8,119 t | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 8,269 t | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 8,709 t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 6,786 t | -22.1% |
| 1991 | 5,185 t | -23.6% |
| 1992 | 4,944 t | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 3,706 t | -25.0% |
| 1994 | 3,356 t | -9.4% |
| 1995 | 2,585 t | -23.0% |
| 1996 | 2,322 t | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 3,500 t | +50.7% |
| 1998 | 5,466 t | +56.2% |
| 1999 | 752 t | -86.2% |
| 2000 | 1,485 t | +97.5% |
| 2001 | 1,226 t | -17.4% |
| 2002 | 1,087 t | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 2,736 t | +151.7% |
| 2004 | 2,750 t | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 2,234 t | -18.8% |
| 2006 | 1,801 t | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 1,628 t | -9.6% |
| 2008 | 1,510 t | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 1,370 t | -9.2% |
| 2010 | 1,236 t | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 1,107 t | -10.5% |
| 2012 | 657 t | -40.6% |
| 2013 | 894.39 t | +36.1% |
| 2014 | 837.83 t | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 784.48 t | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 733.71 t | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 689.85 t | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 535 t | -22.4% |
| 2019 | 597.85 t | +11.7% |
| 2020 | 643.2 t | +7.6% |
| 2021 | 719.13 t | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 1,600 t | +122.5% |
| 2023 | 787.38 t | -50.8% |
| 2024 | 464.85 t | -41.0% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 464.85 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 545.18 t, 85% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 464.85 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,447 t, 7% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +151.7% | 1,087 t | 2,736 t |
| 2022 | +122.5% | 719.13 t | 1,600 t |
| 2000 | +97.5% | 752 t | 1,485 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,901 t | 12,474 t | 19,368 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,073 t | 11,340 t | 15,195 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,411 t | 8,119 t | 13,064 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,860 t | 752 t | 6,786 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,783 t | 1,087 t | 2,750 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 807.29 t | 535 t | 1,236 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 842.91 t | 464.85 t | 1,600 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 58 Hungary 609.49 t compare
- 59 Brunei Darussalam 525.16 t compare
- 60 Saint Kitts and Nevis 480.88 t compare
- 62 Malawi 374 t compare
- 63 French Polynesia 221.5 t compare
- 64 Belize 192.7 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Puerto Rico was 464.85 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 Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 19,368 t in 1966.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 464.85 t in 2024.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Puerto Rico ranks 61st 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 Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.