Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 8,030 kg/ha in 2010. ▬ Flat
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago, 1989–2010
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2010, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 8,030 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 8,421 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 7,511 kg/ha, in 1996.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 40th out of 74 countries with data for 2010, putting it in the middle of the range.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 8,421 kg/ha | — |
| 1990 | 8,200 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 8,095 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1992 | 8,167 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 8,128 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 8,215 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 8,092 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 7,511 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1997 | 8,215 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 8,200 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 8,152 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 7,803 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 8,133 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 8,257 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 8,000 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 7,812 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 7,758 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 8,118 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 8,333 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 8,182 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 8,113 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 8,030 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 8,030 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 9,956 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 8,030 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 8,048 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 8,421 kg/ha | 8,421 kg/ha | 8,421 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 8,097 kg/ha | 7,511 kg/ha | 8,215 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,051 kg/ha | 7,758 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,030 kg/ha | 8,030 kg/ha | 8,030 kg/ha | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Trinidad and Tobago was 8,030 kg/ha in 2010, 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 Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 8,421 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,511 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 40th out of 74 countries with data for 2010.
- Is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.