Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain

Spain: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 8,359 t in 2017. ▲ Rising

Latest (2017)
8,359 t
Change on year
down 4.4%
World rank
38th
of 75 countries
All-time high
12,160 t
in 1981
All-time low
1,710 t
in 1961
Years of data
57
1961–2017

Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain, 1961–2017

2.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k196119892017

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Spain recorded 8,359 t for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2017.

That represents a change of down 4.4% on the previous year and down 16.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain peaked at 12,160 t in 1981 and was at its lowest, 1,710 t, in 1961.

That places Spain 38th out of 75 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.

Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain, year by year

Annual values for Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production in Spain, 1961 to 2017.
Year t Change
1961 1,710 t
1962 2,160 t +26.3%
1963 2,250 t +4.2%
1964 1,800 t -20.0%
1965 1,800 t +0.0%
1966 2,700 t +50.0%
1967 2,070 t -23.3%
1968 2,100 t +1.4%
1969 2,200 t +4.8%
1970 3,500 t +59.1%
1971 5,200 t +48.6%
1972 4,400 t -15.4%
1973 5,830 t +32.5%
1974 6,541 t +12.2%
1975 6,482 t -0.9%
1976 7,167 t +10.6%
1977 7,470 t +4.2%
1978 7,971 t +6.7%
1979 7,490 t -6.0%
1980 10,180 t +35.9%
1981 12,160 t +19.4%
1982 11,785 t -3.1%
1983 7,391 t -37.3%
1984 6,094 t -17.5%
1985 6,395 t +4.9%
1986 6,719 t +5.1%
1987 6,800 t +1.2%
1988 6,516 t -4.2%
1989 6,907 t +6.0%
1990 7,400 t +7.1%
1991 7,322 t -1.1%
1992 6,509 t -11.1%
1993 6,204 t -4.7%
1994 7,454 t +20.1%
1995 8,820 t +18.3%
1996 6,075 t -31.1%
1997 6,300 t +3.7%
1998 6,120 t -2.9%
1999 8,118 t +32.6%
2000 6,000 t -26.1%
2001 7,715 t +28.6%
2002 8,000 t +3.7%
2003 7,000 t -12.5%
2004 7,365 t +5.2%
2005 8,000 t +8.6%
2006 9,500 t +18.8%
2007 10,000 t +5.3%
2008 8,183 t -18.2%
2009 8,026 t -1.9%
2010 6,499 t -19.0%
2011 5,731 t -11.8%
2012 6,972 t +21.7%
2013 6,880 t -1.3%
2014 7,122 t +3.5%
2015 6,978 t -2.0%
2016 8,748 t +25.4%
2017 8,359 t -4.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 2,088 t 1,710 t 2,700 t 9
1970s 6,205 t 3,500 t 7,971 t 10
1980s 8,095 t 6,094 t 12,160 t 10
1990s 7,032 t 6,075 t 8,820 t 10
2000s 7,979 t 6,000 t 10,000 t 10
2010s 7,161 t 5,731 t 8,748 t 8

Countries ranked near Spain

  1. 35 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 9,121 t compare
  2. 36 Philippines 8,895 t compare
  3. 37 Costa Rica 8,455 t compare
  4. 39 Nicaragua 7,370 t compare
  5. 40 Serbia 6,675 t
  6. 41 Kiribati 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 Spain?
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Spain was 8,359 t in 2017, 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 Spain?
The highest recorded value was 12,160 t in 1981.
What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Spain?
The lowest recorded value was 1,710 t in 1961.
How does Spain rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
Spain ranks 38th out of 75 countries with data for 2017.
Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Spain?
Over the last ten years it is down 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Spain 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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Indicator
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
113 places, 6,047 data points, 1961–2024
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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.