Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 552,082 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa stood at 552,082 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa peaked at 552,958 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 186,000 t, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 9th of 25 groups on this measure, 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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 186,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 196,000 t | +5.4% |
| 1963 | 199,500 t | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 209,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 211,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 214,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 216,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 217,500 t | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 222,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1970 | 226,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 228,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 231,000 t | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 235,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 236,500 t | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 242,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 245,000 t | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 249,500 t | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 255,500 t | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 258,200 t | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 258,800 t | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 264,500 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 271,500 t | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 276,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 284,500 t | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 287,500 t | +1.1% |
| 1986 | 293,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 301,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1988 | 307,200 t | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 308,500 t | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 314,500 t | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 319,500 t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 305,500 t | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 312,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 325,500 t | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 337,981 t | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 349,500 t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 362,500 t | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 371,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 378,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 385,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 407,500 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 424,000 t | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 433,687 t | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 444,119 t | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 454,914 t | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 459,500 t | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 472,136 t | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 464,638 t | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 460,471 t | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 479,828 t | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 488,533 t | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 496,000 t | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 509,500 t | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 514,652 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 521,085 t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 527,104 t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 533,203 t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 540,242 t | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 547,971 t | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 552,958 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 549,027 t | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 551,478 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 552,452 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 552,082 t | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 207,889 t | 186,000 t | 222,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 240,670 t | 226,000 t | 258,200 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 285,250 t | 258,800 t | 308,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 337,598 t | 305,500 t | 378,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 440,596 t | 385,000 t | 472,136 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 515,812 t | 479,828 t | 547,971 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 551,599 t | 549,027 t | 552,958 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 6 Thailand 280,114 t compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa was 552,082 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 552,958 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 186,000 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Southern Africa ranks 9th 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 Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.