Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America
South America: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 547,036 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South America recorded 547,036 t for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America peaked at 584,341 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 211,864 t, in 1964.
That places South America 10th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 214,164 t | — |
| 1962 | 231,728 t | +8.2% |
| 1963 | 220,631 t | -4.8% |
| 1964 | 211,864 t | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 257,514 t | +21.5% |
| 1966 | 229,946 t | -10.7% |
| 1967 | 246,955 t | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 227,566 t | -7.9% |
| 1969 | 264,243 t | +16.1% |
| 1970 | 302,782 t | +14.6% |
| 1971 | 283,698 t | -6.3% |
| 1972 | 277,662 t | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 255,689 t | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 253,810 t | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 245,423 t | -3.3% |
| 1976 | 267,538 t | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 280,551 t | +4.9% |
| 1978 | 263,644 t | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 249,350 t | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 251,128 t | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 312,468 t | +24.4% |
| 1982 | 341,853 t | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 306,445 t | -10.4% |
| 1984 | 363,658 t | +18.7% |
| 1985 | 403,335 t | +10.9% |
| 1986 | 424,356 t | +5.2% |
| 1987 | 430,388 t | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 414,942 t | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 432,949 t | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 460,524 t | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 450,877 t | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 448,712 t | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 452,754 t | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 475,724 t | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 436,758 t | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 383,200 t | -12.3% |
| 1997 | 416,760 t | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 449,852 t | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 432,752 t | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 444,184 t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 455,452 t | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 450,174 t | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 463,012 t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 428,428 t | -7.5% |
| 2005 | 466,594 t | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 470,777 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 489,114 t | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 459,770 t | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 445,757 t | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 446,415 t | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 474,527 t | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 539,405 t | +13.7% |
| 2013 | 549,046 t | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 570,935 t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 577,544 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 565,487 t | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 524,931 t | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 521,042 t | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 528,318 t | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 584,341 t | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 531,814 t | -9.0% |
| 2022 | 518,320 t | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 537,566 t | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 547,036 t | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 233,846 t | 211,864 t | 264,243 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 268,015 t | 245,423 t | 302,782 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 368,152 t | 251,128 t | 432,949 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 440,791 t | 383,200 t | 475,724 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 457,326 t | 428,428 t | 489,114 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 529,765 t | 446,415 t | 577,544 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 543,815 t | 518,320 t | 584,341 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Peru 276,425 t compare
- 7 Melanesia 373,679 t compare
- 8 Mexico 183,964 t compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 50,292 t compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 49,688 t compare
- 9 Nepal 153,475 t compare
- 10 Colombia 129,129 t compare
- 10 Timor-Leste 27,293 t compare
- 11 Botswana 106,245 t compare
- 11 Micronesia 6,400 t compare
- 12 Guinea-Bissau 87,574 t compare
- 12 Polynesia 6,035 t compare
- 13 Eswatini 66,514 t compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 2,221 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 South America?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in South America was 547,036 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 584,341 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 211,864 t in 1964.
- How does South America rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- South America ranks 10th 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 South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.