Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa
Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 7,504 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa is 7,504 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa peaked at 7,518 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,240 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Africa 18th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,240 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,295 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 3,306 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 3,318 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 3,334 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 3,354 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 3,351 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 3,360 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 3,333 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 3,339 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 3,337 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 3,348 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 3,645 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 3,905 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1975 | 4,315 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1976 | 4,685 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1977 | 5,255 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1978 | 5,935 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1979 | 6,233 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 6,325 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 6,474 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 6,591 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 6,900 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1984 | 6,496 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 6,622 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 6,818 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 7,073 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 7,240 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 6,986 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1990 | 7,174 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 7,148 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 7,122 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 6,086 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1994 | 6,170 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 6,363 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 6,504 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 6,403 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 6,442 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 6,364 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 6,414 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 6,380 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 6,366 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 6,461 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6,514 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 6,540 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 6,718 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 6,835 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 6,926 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 7,096 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 7,177 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 7,217 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 7,241 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 7,359 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 7,397 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 7,429 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 7,395 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 7,461 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 7,472 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 7,488 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 7,487 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 7,517 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 7,518 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7,498 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 7,504 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,321 kg/ha | 3,240 kg/ha | 3,360 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,400 kg/ha | 3,337 kg/ha | 6,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,753 kg/ha | 6,325 kg/ha | 7,240 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,578 kg/ha | 6,086 kg/ha | 7,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,625 kg/ha | 6,366 kg/ha | 7,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,364 kg/ha | 7,177 kg/ha | 7,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,505 kg/ha | 7,487 kg/ha | 7,518 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 15 China 15,380 kg/ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 15,380 kg/ha compare
- 17 Japan 14,744 kg/ha compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 14,714 kg/ha compare
- 19 Colombia 14,368 kg/ha compare
- 20 Martinique 14,174 kg/ha compare
- 21 Estonia 13,939 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Africa was 7,504 kg/ha 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,518 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,240 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Africa ranks 18th 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 Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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 — Yield. 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.