Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan
Bhutan: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 15,760 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan stood at 15,760 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan peaked at 15,860 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,567 kg/ha, in 1970.
Bhutan ranks 14th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,607 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1963 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 6,724 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 6,667 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 6,721 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 6,667 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 6,641 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 6,692 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 6,567 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 6,618 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 6,571 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 6,620 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1974 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 6,712 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 6,757 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 6,800 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1978 | 6,842 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 6,883 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 6,835 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 6,875 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 6,914 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 6,951 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 7,200 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 7,115 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 6,923 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 7,170 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1988 | 7,185 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 7,333 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1990 | 7,518 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 7,796 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 7,848 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 7,698 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 7,762 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 8,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 7,884 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 8,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 8,031 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 8,203 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 8,184 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 8,200 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 8,282 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 8,226 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 8,469 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 8,625 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 8,381 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 8,878 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2008 | 9,179 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 8,033 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 10,959 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2011 | 12,582 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2012 | 15,860 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2013 | 14,819 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 14,377 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 14,873 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 14,603 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 14,841 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 15,186 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 15,538 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 15,843 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 15,780 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 15,720 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 15,780 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 15,760 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,672 kg/ha | 6,607 kg/ha | 6,724 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,704 kg/ha | 6,567 kg/ha | 6,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,050 kg/ha | 6,835 kg/ha | 7,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,874 kg/ha | 7,518 kg/ha | 8,203 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,446 kg/ha | 8,033 kg/ha | 9,179 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,364 kg/ha | 10,959 kg/ha | 15,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,776 kg/ha | 15,720 kg/ha | 15,843 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 11 Singapore 17,037 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 3,301 kg/ha compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,004 kg/ha compare
- 12 Thailand 16,438 kg/ha compare
- 13 Spain 16,200 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 2,236 kg/ha compare
- 15 China 15,380 kg/ha compare
- 15 China, mainland 15,380 kg/ha compare
- 17 Japan 14,744 kg/ha compare
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Bhutan was 15,760 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 15,860 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,567 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Bhutan rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Bhutan ranks 14th out of 74 countries with data for 2024.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.