Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 9,022 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 9,022 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa peaked at 9,123 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 7,294 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Southern Africa 15th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,294 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,396 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 7,528 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 7,572 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 7,645 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 7,698 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 7,770 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 7,824 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1969 | 7,655 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 7,793 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 7,808 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 7,884 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 8,020 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 8,044 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 7,934 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 7,954 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 8,022 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 8,009 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 7,824 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 7,819 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 7,967 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1982 | 8,032 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 8,166 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1984 | 8,082 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 8,122 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1986 | 8,207 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 8,091 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 8,214 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 8,205 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 8,044 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 8,036 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 8,018 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 7,960 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 8,037 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 8,085 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 8,126 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1997 | 8,164 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1998 | 8,030 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 8,065 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 8,074 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 8,053 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 8,150 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 8,246 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 8,260 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 8,401 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 8,420 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 8,501 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 8,564 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 8,603 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 8,619 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 8,706 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 8,702 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 9,123 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 8,908 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 8,904 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 8,932 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 8,935 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8,946 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,957 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 8,929 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 8,987 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 8,995 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 9,003 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 9,022 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,598 kg/ha | 7,294 kg/ha | 7,824 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,930 kg/ha | 7,793 kg/ha | 8,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,091 kg/ha | 7,819 kg/ha | 8,214 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,056 kg/ha | 7,960 kg/ha | 8,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,327 kg/ha | 8,053 kg/ha | 8,603 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,873 kg/ha | 8,619 kg/ha | 9,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,987 kg/ha | 8,929 kg/ha | 9,022 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 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 15,380 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 Southern Africa?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Africa was 9,022 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,123 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,294 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Southern Africa ranks 15th 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 Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.