Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China
China: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 15,380 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China, 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 China is 15,380 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China peaked at 20,331 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 10,000 kg/ha, in 1991.
China ranks 15th of 74 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,047 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,269 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 10,257 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 10,028 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 10,432 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 10,806 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 12,005 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1968 | 13,809 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1969 | 11,414 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1970 | 16,609 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 1971 | 17,571 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 18,592 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 17,604 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 20,331 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 18,440 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 14,977 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1977 | 15,865 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 16,174 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 17,165 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 17,051 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 16,409 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 11,683 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 1983 | 12,274 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 12,070 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 12,677 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 11,149 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1987 | 10,645 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 10,834 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 10,796 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 11,099 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 10,000 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1992 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 10,332 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 10,544 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 10,760 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 10,980 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 11,397 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 11,656 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 12,190 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 12,395 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 12,598 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 12,797 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 13,333 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 12,500 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2007 | 12,692 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 12,952 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 13,040 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 13,013 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 13,077 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 14,286 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2013 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 14,234 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 14,370 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 14,465 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 14,570 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 14,746 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 15,060 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 15,135 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 15,257 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 15,380 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,007 kg/ha | 10,028 kg/ha | 13,809 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,333 kg/ha | 14,977 kg/ha | 20,331 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,559 kg/ha | 10,645 kg/ha | 17,051 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,677 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 11,656 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,783 kg/ha | 12,190 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,087 kg/ha | 13,013 kg/ha | 14,570 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,116 kg/ha | 14,746 kg/ha | 15,380 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 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
- 14 Bhutan 15,760 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in China was 15,380 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 China?
- The highest recorded value was 20,331 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does China rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- China ranks 15th 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 China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China 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.