Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America
Central America: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 20,482 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 20,482 kg/ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America peaked at 24,257 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 6,711 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 5th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,711 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,778 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 7,177 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1964 | 7,726 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 6,898 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1966 | 7,273 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 7,199 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 6,951 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 7,157 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 7,401 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 9,221 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1972 | 11,224 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1973 | 8,990 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1974 | 12,500 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1975 | 10,758 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1976 | 10,728 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1977 | 13,822 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1978 | 19,820 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 1979 | 11,362 kg/ha | -42.7% |
| 1980 | 18,788 kg/ha | +65.4% |
| 1981 | 22,540 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1982 | 21,856 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1983 | 24,257 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1984 | 23,892 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 21,688 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 24,039 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1987 | 21,812 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1988 | 19,984 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 20,006 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1990 | 17,850 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1991 | 17,026 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1992 | 17,776 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 19,542 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 17,534 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1995 | 17,447 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 17,634 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 16,438 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 20,014 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1999 | 16,880 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2000 | 17,908 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 16,426 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2002 | 15,849 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 17,731 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2004 | 17,624 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 18,700 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2006 | 18,192 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 16,401 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2008 | 16,461 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 14,881 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2010 | 15,192 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 16,062 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 22,134 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2013 | 21,588 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 19,446 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2015 | 18,733 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 23,141 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2017 | 21,709 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2018 | 21,221 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2019 | 20,880 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 20,593 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 20,881 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 21,054 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 20,041 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 20,482 kg/ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,097 kg/ha | 6,711 kg/ha | 7,726 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,583 kg/ha | 7,401 kg/ha | 19,820 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,886 kg/ha | 18,788 kg/ha | 24,257 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,814 kg/ha | 16,438 kg/ha | 20,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,017 kg/ha | 14,881 kg/ha | 18,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,011 kg/ha | 15,192 kg/ha | 23,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,610 kg/ha | 20,041 kg/ha | 21,054 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 2 Malaysia 51,427 kg/ha compare
- 3 Mexico 29,308 kg/ha compare
- 4 Cook Islands 24,667 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,286 kg/ha compare
- 5 Serbia 23,933 kg/ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 14,116 kg/ha compare
- 6 Palestine, State of 19,395 kg/ha compare
- 6 Micronesia 10,000 kg/ha compare
- 7 Côte d'Ivoire 16,289 kg/ha compare
- 7 Panama 19,006 kg/ha compare
- 7 Polynesia 8,172 kg/ha compare
- 8 Slovenia 17,778 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 Central America?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Central America was 20,482 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 24,257 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,711 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Central America ranks 5th 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 Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.