Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 147.39 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tuvalu, 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 Tuvalu stood at 147.39 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tuvalu peaked at 300 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places Tuvalu 66th out of 75 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 300 t | — |
| 1965 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 290 t | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 280 t | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 270 t | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 260 t | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 250 t | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 230 t | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 200 t | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 t | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 114 t | -24.0% |
| 1989 | 106 t | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 122 t | +15.1% |
| 1991 | 130 t | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 126.54 t | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 120 t | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 125.31 t | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 126.21 t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 127.19 t | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 128.35 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 129.33 t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 130.63 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 130 t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 133.42 t | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 135.27 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 140 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 141.31 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 150 t | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 145.22 t | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 143.95 t | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 143.32 t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 142.69 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 140 t | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 142 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 143.48 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 144.31 t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 143.95 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 144.3 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 144.65 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 144.99 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 145.45 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 146.81 t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 146.74 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 147.06 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 147.39 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200 t | 0 t | 300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 294 t | 270 t | 300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 191 t | 106 t | 260 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 126.56 t | 120 t | 130.63 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 139.92 t | 130 t | 150 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 143.37 t | 140 t | 144.99 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 146.69 t | 145.45 t | 147.39 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 63 French Polynesia 221.5 t compare
- 64 Belize 192.7 t compare
- 65 Ghana 177.25 t compare
- 67 Morocco 144.63 t compare
- 68 Sao Tome and Principe 111.93 t compare
- 69 Cook Islands 32.2 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tuvalu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -17.15 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1594 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 534.44 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3456 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.9% (2015)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.9% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2008)
- Rural population 34.6% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tuvalu?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Tuvalu was 147.39 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 Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 300 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Tuvalu rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Tuvalu ranks 66th 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 Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.