Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand
Thailand: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 280,114 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand, 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 Thailand stood at 280,114 t.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand peaked at 287,099 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 22,000 t, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 6th of 75 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 24,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 26,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 28,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 30,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 32,000 t | +6.7% |
| 1967 | 34,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1968 | 36,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 38,000 t | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 40,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 42,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 44,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 46,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1974 | 48,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 50,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 52,000 t | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 54,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 56,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 58,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1980 | 60,873 t | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 88,452 t | +45.3% |
| 1982 | 55,628 t | -37.1% |
| 1983 | 55,000 t | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 54,000 t | -1.8% |
| 1985 | 53,000 t | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 52,000 t | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 51,000 t | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 50,000 t | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 50,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 42,657 t | -14.7% |
| 1991 | 51,102 t | +19.8% |
| 1992 | 53,293 t | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 55,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 75,000 t | +36.4% |
| 1995 | 91,000 t | +21.3% |
| 1996 | 109,000 t | +19.8% |
| 1997 | 112,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 108,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 124,000 t | +14.8% |
| 2000 | 140,949 t | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 147,292 t | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 135,789 t | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 147,547 t | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 191,338 t | +29.7% |
| 2005 | 151,887 t | -20.6% |
| 2006 | 183,527 t | +20.8% |
| 2007 | 217,394 t | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 231,817 t | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 221,946 t | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 226,300 t | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 246,000 t | +8.7% |
| 2012 | 250,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 254,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 265,811 t | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 279,292 t | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 266,368 t | -4.6% |
| 2017 | 279,714 t | +5.0% |
| 2018 | 275,124 t | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 273,735 t | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 287,099 t | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 278,653 t | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 279,829 t | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 281,860 t | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 280,114 t | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,000 t | 22,000 t | 38,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,000 t | 40,000 t | 58,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,995 t | 50,000 t | 88,452 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 82,105 t | 42,657 t | 124,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 176,949 t | 135,789 t | 231,817 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 261,634 t | 226,300 t | 279,714 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 281,511 t | 278,653 t | 287,099 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 3 Indonesia 384,233 t compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.95 million t compare
- 4 Namibia 379,322 t compare
- 5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 922,483 t compare
- 5 Papua New Guinea 369,648 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
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Thailand was 280,114 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 287,099 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,000 t in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Thailand ranks 6th 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 Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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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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.