Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 4,719 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa stood at 4,719 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa peaked at 6,667 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 4,157 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Northern Africa 23rd out of 25 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,522 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,667 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 6,522 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1964 | 6,667 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,522 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 6,667 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 6,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,361 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1985 | 4,157 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 1986 | 5,060 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1987 | 4,512 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1988 | 5,084 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1989 | 5,084 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,680 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 5,973 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 5,407 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1993 | 5,555 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 5,474 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 5,508 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 5,480 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 5,452 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 5,383 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 5,390 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 5,357 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 5,324 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 5,287 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 5,252 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,212 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 5,169 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 5,127 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 5,081 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 5,036 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 4,988 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 4,941 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 4,893 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 4,794 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 4,794 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,760 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 4,735 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 4,697 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 4,649 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 4,617 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 4,577 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 4,709 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 4,759 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 4,681 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 4,716 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 4,719 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,634 kg/ha | 6,522 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,652 kg/ha | 6,522 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,592 kg/ha | 4,157 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,530 kg/ha | 5,383 kg/ha | 5,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,183 kg/ha | 4,988 kg/ha | 5,357 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,746 kg/ha | 4,577 kg/ha | 4,941 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,717 kg/ha | 4,681 kg/ha | 4,759 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 20 Martinique 14,174 kg/ha compare
- 21 Estonia 13,939 kg/ha compare
- 22 Puerto Rico 13,729 kg/ha compare
- 23 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,607 kg/ha compare
- 24 Botswana 13,119 kg/ha compare
- 25 Dominica 12,028 kg/ha compare
- 26 Cambodia 11,802 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 Northern Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Northern Africa was 4,719 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,667 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,157 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Northern Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Northern Africa ranks 23rd 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 Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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.