Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia

Southern Asia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 18,028 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
18,028 kg/ha
Change on year
up 6.1%
Rank
6th
of 25 groups
All-time high
18,028 kg/ha
in 2024
All-time low
5,202 kg/ha
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia, 1961–2024

5.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k196119922024

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 Asia is 18,028 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 6.1% on the previous year and up 72.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia peaked at 18,028 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,202 kg/ha, in 1965.

That places Southern Asia 6th 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 Southern Asia, year by year

Annual values for Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 5,209 kg/ha
1962 5,228 kg/ha +0.4%
1963 5,232 kg/ha +0.1%
1964 5,209 kg/ha -0.4%
1965 5,202 kg/ha -0.1%
1966 5,222 kg/ha +0.4%
1967 5,214 kg/ha -0.1%
1968 5,208 kg/ha -0.1%
1969 5,287 kg/ha +1.5%
1970 5,239 kg/ha -0.9%
1971 5,278 kg/ha +0.7%
1972 5,268 kg/ha -0.2%
1973 5,316 kg/ha +0.9%
1974 5,315 kg/ha -0.0%
1975 5,318 kg/ha +0.1%
1976 5,270 kg/ha -0.9%
1977 5,325 kg/ha +1.1%
1978 5,342 kg/ha +0.3%
1979 5,364 kg/ha +0.4%
1980 9,527 kg/ha +77.6%
1981 8,607 kg/ha -9.7%
1982 9,462 kg/ha +9.9%
1983 9,756 kg/ha +3.1%
1984 8,727 kg/ha -10.5%
1985 8,518 kg/ha -2.4%
1986 8,196 kg/ha -3.8%
1987 9,026 kg/ha +10.1%
1988 9,194 kg/ha +1.9%
1989 8,963 kg/ha -2.5%
1990 9,062 kg/ha +1.1%
1991 7,753 kg/ha -14.5%
1992 8,001 kg/ha +3.2%
1993 8,281 kg/ha +3.5%
1994 8,472 kg/ha +2.3%
1995 8,935 kg/ha +5.5%
1996 9,288 kg/ha +3.9%
1997 8,550 kg/ha -7.9%
1998 8,725 kg/ha +2.0%
1999 8,679 kg/ha -0.5%
2000 8,516 kg/ha -1.9%
2001 8,472 kg/ha -0.5%
2002 8,184 kg/ha -3.4%
2003 8,020 kg/ha -2.0%
2004 8,107 kg/ha +1.1%
2005 8,134 kg/ha +0.3%
2006 8,221 kg/ha +1.1%
2007 8,155 kg/ha -0.8%
2008 8,123 kg/ha -0.4%
2009 7,770 kg/ha -4.3%
2010 8,097 kg/ha +4.2%
2011 8,853 kg/ha +9.3%
2012 9,953 kg/ha +12.4%
2013 10,921 kg/ha +9.7%
2014 10,442 kg/ha -4.4%
2015 9,987 kg/ha -4.4%
2016 10,210 kg/ha +2.2%
2017 10,754 kg/ha +5.3%
2018 13,207 kg/ha +22.8%
2019 14,071 kg/ha +6.5%
2020 13,607 kg/ha -3.3%
2021 13,982 kg/ha +2.8%
2022 15,584 kg/ha +11.5%
2023 16,992 kg/ha +9.0%
2024 18,028 kg/ha +6.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 5,223 kg/ha 5,202 kg/ha 5,287 kg/ha 9
1970s 5,303 kg/ha 5,239 kg/ha 5,364 kg/ha 10
1980s 8,998 kg/ha 8,196 kg/ha 9,756 kg/ha 10
1990s 8,575 kg/ha 7,753 kg/ha 9,288 kg/ha 10
2000s 8,170 kg/ha 7,770 kg/ha 8,516 kg/ha 10
2010s 10,650 kg/ha 8,097 kg/ha 14,071 kg/ha 10
2020s 15,639 kg/ha 13,607 kg/ha 18,028 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Southern Asia

  1. 3 Mexico 29,308 kg/ha compare
  2. 4 Cook Islands 24,667 kg/ha compare
  3. 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14,286 kg/ha compare
  4. 5 Serbia 23,933 kg/ha compare
  5. 5 Melanesia 14,116 kg/ha compare
  6. 6 Palestine, State of 19,395 kg/ha compare
  7. 6 Micronesia 10,000 kg/ha compare
  8. 7 Côte d'Ivoire 16,289 kg/ha compare
  9. 7 Panama 19,006 kg/ha compare
  10. 7 Polynesia 8,172 kg/ha compare
  11. 8 Slovenia 17,778 kg/ha compare
  12. 9 China, Taiwan Province of 17,471 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 112 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia

All data for Southern Asia →

Frequently asked questions

What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia?
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia was 18,028 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 Asia?
The highest recorded value was 18,028 kg/ha in 2024.
What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Southern Asia?
The lowest recorded value was 5,202 kg/ha in 1965.
How does Southern Asia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
Southern Asia ranks 6th 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 Asia?
Over the last ten years it is up 72.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Southern Asia 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 12 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/edible-roots-and-tubers-with-high-starch-or-inulin-content-n-e-c-fresh-yield/southern-asia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/edible-roots-and-tubers-with-high-starch-or-inulin-content-n-e-c-fresh-yield/southern-asia/">Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Southern Asia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c., fresh — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
112 places, 5,782 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.