Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 860,466 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 860,466 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and up 81.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia peaked at 866,288 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 54,800 t, in 1961.
That places Southern Asia 8th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 54,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 57,400 t | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 59,700 t | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 62,200 t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 64,500 t | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 67,000 t | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 69,300 t | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 71,450 t | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 73,750 t | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 75,500 t | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 77,800 t | +3.0% |
| 1972 | 80,600 t | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 81,500 t | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 82,700 t | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 84,500 t | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 86,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 87,600 t | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 89,100 t | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 90,700 t | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 278,264 t | +206.8% |
| 1981 | 250,631 t | -9.9% |
| 1982 | 287,711 t | +14.8% |
| 1983 | 319,121 t | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 403,313 t | +26.4% |
| 1985 | 393,620 t | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 386,916 t | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 464,209 t | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 479,494 t | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 464,878 t | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 469,057 t | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 311,759 t | -33.5% |
| 1992 | 325,330 t | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 324,993 t | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 317,239 t | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 318,459 t | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 328,984 t | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 276,969 t | -15.8% |
| 1998 | 280,568 t | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 283,108 t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 275,604 t | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 280,119 t | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 301,736 t | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 304,230 t | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 307,736 t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 314,951 t | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 326,625 t | +3.7% |
| 2007 | 327,596 t | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 323,304 t | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 342,949 t | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 354,179 t | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 402,614 t | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 443,852 t | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 494,488 t | +11.4% |
| 2014 | 473,039 t | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 465,719 t | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 463,699 t | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 487,218 t | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 613,008 t | +25.8% |
| 2019 | 734,060 t | +19.7% |
| 2020 | 657,186 t | -10.5% |
| 2021 | 692,972 t | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 774,888 t | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 866,288 t | +11.8% |
| 2024 | 860,466 t | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +206.8% | 90,700 t | 278,264 t |
| 1991 | -33.5% | 469,057 t | 311,759 t |
| 1984 | +26.4% | 319,121 t | 403,313 t |
| 2018 | +25.8% | 487,218 t | 613,008 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 64,456 t | 54,800 t | 73,750 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 83,600 t | 75,500 t | 90,700 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 372,816 t | 250,631 t | 479,494 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 323,647 t | 276,969 t | 469,057 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 310,485 t | 275,604 t | 342,949 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 493,188 t | 354,179 t | 734,060 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 770,360 t | 657,186 t | 866,288 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 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
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia was 860,466 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 866,288 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 54,800 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Southern Asia ranks 8th 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 Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 81.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.