Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname
Suriname: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 11,759 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname, 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 Suriname stood at 11,759 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname peaked at 13,333 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,190 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Suriname 27th out of 74 countries 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,654 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,458 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1963 | 4,571 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 3,895 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1965 | 2,556 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1966 | 4,462 kg/ha | +74.6% |
| 1967 | 4,677 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 4,952 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 4,625 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1970 | 4,667 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1971 | 4,835 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 5,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 5,587 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1974 | 5,400 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 5,500 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 5,000 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 4,269 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1978 | 4,031 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1979 | 5,731 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1980 | 3,863 kg/ha | -32.6% |
| 1981 | 2,190 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 1982 | 4,764 kg/ha | +117.5% |
| 1983 | 6,015 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1984 | 5,025 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1985 | 6,104 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1986 | 8,172 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 1987 | 9,422 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 7,595 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1989 | 6,412 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1990 | 7,450 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1991 | 6,765 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 6,744 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 6,400 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 6,853 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 7,022 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 6,667 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 6,429 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 7,361 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 6,533 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 6,500 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 11,039 kg/ha | +69.8% |
| 2002 | 11,429 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 10,000 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2004 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13,333 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 2006 | 9,160 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2007 | 10,429 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2008 | 10,972 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 11,717 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 12,029 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 10,500 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 11,174 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 12,992 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2014 | 11,835 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 10,596 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 11,733 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 11,448 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 12,076 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2019 | 12,425 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2020 | 12,116 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2021 | 11,457 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 11,987 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 11,846 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2024 | 11,759 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,317 kg/ha | 2,556 kg/ha | 4,952 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,002 kg/ha | 4,031 kg/ha | 5,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,956 kg/ha | 2,190 kg/ha | 9,422 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,822 kg/ha | 6,400 kg/ha | 7,450 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,458 kg/ha | 6,500 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,681 kg/ha | 10,500 kg/ha | 12,992 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,833 kg/ha | 11,457 kg/ha | 12,116 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Suriname was 11,759 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 13,333 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,190 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Suriname rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Suriname ranks 27th 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 Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.