Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia
Western Asia: Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. was 10,674 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia stood at 10,674 kg/ha.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and down 45.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia peaked at 24,475 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6,000 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Western Asia 13th 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 44 years of available data.
Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,394 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,300 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 13,511 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 13,511 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,511 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,511 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 12,700 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1968 | 11,636 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1969 | 9,482 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1970 | 9,583 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 9,500 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 9,333 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 6,000 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1994 | 12,540 kg/ha | +109.0% |
| 1995 | 16,614 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 1996 | 22,548 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1997 | 22,570 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 23,738 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1999 | 18,202 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2000 | 21,804 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2001 | 21,521 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 21,727 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 22,872 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 24,475 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2005 | 21,694 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 18,842 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2007 | 18,387 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 19,018 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 19,166 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 16,316 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2011 | 18,549 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2012 | 20,000 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 19,643 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 19,591 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 19,030 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 8,929 kg/ha | -53.1% |
| 2017 | 8,508 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2018 | 7,631 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2019 | 8,847 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2020 | 11,241 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 2021 | 11,070 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 10,705 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 10,567 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 10,674 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,062 kg/ha | 9,482 kg/ha | 15,394 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,604 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9,583 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1990s | 19,369 kg/ha | 12,540 kg/ha | 23,738 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 20,951 kg/ha | 18,387 kg/ha | 24,475 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,704 kg/ha | 7,631 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,851 kg/ha | 10,567 kg/ha | 11,241 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,300 kg/ha compare
- 10 Jamaica 17,387 kg/ha compare
- 11 Singapore 17,037 kg/ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 3,301 kg/ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia?
- Edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. in Western Asia was 10,674 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,475 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c. recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Western Asia rank for edible roots and tubers with high starch or inulin content, n.e.c.?
- Western Asia ranks 13th 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 Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.
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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.