Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan
Pakistan: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 52,659 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan, 1980–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 52,659 kg/ha for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 137.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan peaked at 52,659 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 13,217 kg/ha, in 1981.
Pakistan ranks 1st of 74 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15,346 kg/ha | — |
| 1981 | 13,217 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1982 | 14,776 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 15,462 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 15,338 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 14,965 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 14,359 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 15,747 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 16,046 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 15,421 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 15,707 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 16,197 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 16,358 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 16,588 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 16,495 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 17,164 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1996 | 17,424 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 16,831 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1998 | 16,941 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 16,683 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2000 | 16,811 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 16,606 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 15,905 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2003 | 15,629 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 15,820 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 15,786 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 16,088 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 16,120 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 16,340 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 16,162 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 16,530 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 17,943 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 20,444 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2013 | 23,568 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 22,212 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 21,491 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 21,902 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 23,348 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 29,958 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2019 | 33,536 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2020 | 39,423 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2021 | 38,172 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 45,573 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 48,979 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2024 | 52,659 kg/ha | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 15,068 kg/ha | 13,217 kg/ha | 16,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,639 kg/ha | 15,707 kg/ha | 17,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,127 kg/ha | 15,629 kg/ha | 16,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,093 kg/ha | 16,530 kg/ha | 33,536 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,961 kg/ha | 38,172 kg/ha | 52,659 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 35,349 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Pakistan was 52,659 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 52,659 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,217 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Pakistan rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Pakistan ranks 1st 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 Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 137.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.