Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 21.97 million ha in Nigeria; the lowest is 1 ha in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 23,580 ha, and the mean is 382,554 ha.
Over the past decade 91 countries rose and 96 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 1,533.3%), and the largest decrease in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (down 77.5%).
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 21.97 million ha | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 7.30 million ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 3 | China, mainland | 7.28 million ha | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 4 | USSR | 6.01 million ha | 1991 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 5 | India | 2.65 million ha | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 6 | Ghana | 1.94 million ha | 2024 | up 21.9% | rising |
| 7 | Thailand | 1.45 million ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 1.45 million ha | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 9 | Angola | 1.35 million ha | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Ukraine | 1.21 million ha | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 1.12 million ha | 2024 | down 17.1% | rising |
| 12 | Mozambique | 1.07 million ha | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 13 | Russian Federation | 1.05 million ha | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 931,286 ha | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 15 | Indonesia | 753,012 ha | 2024 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 16 | Malawi | 636,964 ha | 2024 | up 29.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Cambodia | 607,266 ha | 2024 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Madagascar | 552,781 ha | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 19 | Guinea | 531,646 ha | 2024 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 20 | Benin | 520,628 ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 21 | Peru | 505,494 ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia PDR | 501,700 ha | 1992 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 23 | Bangladesh | 484,932 ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Burundi | 472,373 ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 25 | Ethiopia | 451,283 ha | 2024 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Togo | 451,174 ha | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 27 | Rwanda | 413,002 ha | 2024 | up 33.6% | rising |
| 28 | Kenya | 380,110 ha | 2024 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 29 | Pakistan | 352,045 ha | 2024 | up 102.2% | volatile |
| 30 | Philippines | 347,129 ha | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 314,286 ha | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Zambia | 298,746 ha | 2024 | up 206.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Egypt | 284,933 ha | 2024 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Yugoslav SFR | 284,512 ha | 1991 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 282,200 ha | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Colombia | 258,804 ha | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 37 | Papua New Guinea | 241,835 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 38 | Nepal | 241,044 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 39 | Central African Republic | 231,894 ha | 2024 | up 18.7% | falling |
| 40 | Haiti | 230,423 ha | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 41 | France | 217,680 ha | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Poland | 196,150 ha | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 43 | Cuba | 177,009 ha | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 44 | Congo | 176,171 ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 45 | Paraguay | 171,312 ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 46 | Sudan | 168,189 ha | 2024 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 47 | Czechoslovakia | 161,787 ha | 1992 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 48 | Canada | 156,309 ha | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 152,670 ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 50 | Belarus | 141,000 ha | 2024 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 51 | Algeria | 135,414 ha | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 52 | Uzbekistan | 124,721 ha | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 53 | Japan | 120,384 ha | 2024 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Kazakhstan | 120,225 ha | 2024 | up 54.1% | falling |
| 55 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 118,407 ha | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 56 | South Sudan | 117,807 ha | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 57 | Senegal | 113,238 ha | 2024 | up 360.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Gabon | 111,943 ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 105,552 ha | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 60 | Chad | 105,397 ha | 2024 | up 95.4% | rising |
| 61 | Belgium | 100,470 ha | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 62 | South Africa | 96,414 ha | 2024 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 63 | Sudan (former) | 95,574 ha | 2011 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 64 | Serbia and Montenegro | 95,347 ha | 2005 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 65 | Liberia | 88,648 ha | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 66 | Argentina | 87,969 ha | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 67 | Mexico | 76,912 ha | 2024 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 68 | Romania | 75,940 ha | 2024 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 74,712 ha | 2024 | up 87.6% | falling |
| 70 | Niger | 69,389 ha | 2024 | up 424.1% | volatile |
| 71 | Morocco | 67,436 ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 72 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 66,612 ha | 1999 | up 38.8% | flat |
| 73 | Afghanistan | 66,587 ha | 2024 | up 166.3% | volatile |
| 74 | Kyrgyzstan | 66,402 ha | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 75 | Mali | 65,829 ha | 2024 | up 60.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Denmark | 65,400 ha | 2024 | up 62.7% | rising |
| 77 | Tajikistan | 63,315 ha | 2024 | up 78.1% | rising |
| 78 | Spain | 61,390 ha | 2024 | down 21.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Myanmar | 54,230 ha | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Turkmenistan | 53,855 ha | 2024 | up 154.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Australia and New Zealand | 51,223 ha | 2024 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 82 | Equatorial Guinea | 49,925 ha | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 83 | Italy | 49,090 ha | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 45,450 ha | 2024 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 85 | Namibia | 45,153 ha | 2024 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 86 | Republic of Korea | 43,403 ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Australia | 39,653 ha | 2024 | up 26.3% | falling |
| 88 | Ecuador | 38,047 ha | 2024 | down 40.4% | falling |
| 89 | Chile | 37,519 ha | 2024 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 90 | Burkina Faso | 34,261 ha | 2024 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 91 | Sri Lanka | 33,117 ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Nicaragua | 28,539 ha | 2023 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Tunisia | 26,275 ha | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 94 | Guinea-Bissau | 26,138 ha | 2024 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 95 | Guatemala | 23,892 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 96 | Sweden | 23,580 ha | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 97 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 22,839 ha | 2024 | down 33.2% | falling |
| 98 | Serbia | 22,762 ha | 2024 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 99 | Czechia | 22,750 ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Lebanon | 22,450 ha | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 101 | Austria | 21,900 ha | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Mongolia | 19,614 ha | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Comoros | 19,570 ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 104 | Saudi Arabia | 18,843 ha | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 105 | Libya | 18,676 ha | 2024 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 106 | Yemen | 17,705 ha | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 107 | Finland | 17,700 ha | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 108 | Jamaica | 17,583 ha | 2024 | up 26.4% | flat |
| 109 | Armenia | 17,487 ha | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 110 | Portugal | 16,460 ha | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Costa Rica | 15,820 ha | 2024 | down 25.1% | volatile |
| 112 | Eritrea | 15,283 ha | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 113 | Solomon Islands | 15,134 ha | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 114 | Eswatini | 14,763 ha | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 115 | Israel | 14,720 ha | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Lithuania | 14,670 ha | 2024 | down 46.3% | volatile |
| 117 | China, Taiwan Province of | 14,198 ha | 2024 | down 9.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Georgia | 14,000 ha | 2024 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 119 | Fiji | 13,279 ha | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 12,094 ha | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 121 | Norway | 11,887 ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 122 | New Zealand | 11,571 ha | 2024 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 123 | Uruguay | 11,316 ha | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 124 | Somalia | 11,220 ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | volatile |
| 125 | Honduras | 11,065 ha | 2024 | up 29.3% | rising |
| 126 | Switzerland | 10,685 ha | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 127 | Greece | 10,540 ha | 2024 | down 59.7% | falling |
| 128 | Albania | 10,368 ha | 2024 | up 8.0% | falling |
| 129 | Ireland | 9,300 ha | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 9,078 ha | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 131 | Iraq | 8,485 ha | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Hungary | 7,950 ha | 2024 | down 62.1% | volatile |
| 133 | Panama | 7,689 ha | 2024 | up 20.6% | flat |
| 134 | Croatia | 7,450 ha | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Lesotho | 7,421 ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 136 | Latvia | 7,100 ha | 2024 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 137 | French Guiana | 6,907 ha | 2006 | up 181.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Bulgaria | 6,770 ha | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 139 | El Salvador | 6,511 ha | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Malaysia | 6,109 ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 141 | Slovakia | 6,030 ha | 2024 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Vanuatu | 5,711 ha | 2024 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Bhutan | 5,510 ha | 2024 | down 30.4% | rising |
| 144 | Guyana | 5,082 ha | 2024 | up 34.7% | flat |
| 145 | Dominica | 4,733 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 146 | Jordan | 4,043 ha | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 147 | Samoa | 3,825 ha | 2024 | down 46.0% | rising |
| 148 | Mauritania | 3,823 ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 149 | Cyprus | 3,700 ha | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 150 | New Caledonia | 3,414 ha | 2024 | up 21.3% | falling |
| 151 | Estonia | 2,920 ha | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 152 | Slovenia | 2,860 ha | 2024 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 153 | Gambia | 2,763 ha | 2024 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,763 ha | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 155 | Palestine, State of | 2,350 ha | 2022 | up 128.6% | flat |
| 156 | Tonga | 2,225 ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 157 | Montenegro | 1,913 ha | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritius | 1,203 ha | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 159 | Guadeloupe | 1,148 ha | 2006 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 160 | Saint Lucia | 1,143 ha | 2024 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 161 | Puerto Rico | 897 ha | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 799 ha | 2024 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 163 | Trinidad and Tobago | 796 ha | 2024 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 164 | Martinique | 649 ha | 2006 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 165 | Niue | 620 ha | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 590 ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 167 | Bahamas | 570 ha | 2024 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Réunion | 528 ha | 2006 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 169 | Brunei Darussalam | 524 ha | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 170 | Malta | 510 ha | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Oman | 457 ha | 2024 | up 128.5% | volatile |
| 172 | Kuwait | 424 ha | 2024 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 173 | Iceland | 413 ha | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 174 | Suriname | 366 ha | 2024 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 175 | Kiribati | 361 ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 176 | French Polynesia | 349 ha | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 177 | Belize | 285 ha | 2024 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 178 | Grenada | 234 ha | 2024 | down 75.4% | falling |
| 179 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 232 ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 180 | Barbados | 147 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 181 | Faroe Islands | 100 ha | 2024 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 182 | Antigua and Barbuda | 98 ha | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 183 | Qatar | 49 ha | 2024 | up 1,533.3% | volatile |
| 184 | United Arab Emirates | 47 ha | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Tuvalu | 21 ha | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Seychelles | 20 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Cook Islands | 16 ha | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Maldives | 9 ha | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 189 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 5 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | Bahrain | 2 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 191 | Singapore | 1 ha | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 71.95 million ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 19.54 million ha
- Africa 46.73 million ha
- Asia 16.70 million ha
- Western Africa 29.14 million ha
- Middle Africa 9.00 million ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 24.79 million ha
- Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.03 million ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 18.34 million ha
- United Republic of Tanzania 2.05 million ha
- Eastern Africa 7.72 million ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 869,990 ha
- Eastern Asia 7.65 million ha
- Viet Nam 618,234 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 5.89 million ha
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 450,543 ha
- South-Eastern Asia 4.31 million ha
- Melanesia 279,372 ha
- Americas 4.17 million ha
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 259,010 ha
- Europe 4.01 million ha
- Türkiye 195,767 ha
- Southern Asia 3.92 million ha
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea 171,070 ha
- Côte d'Ivoire 3.01 million ha
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 90,519 ha
- South America 2.90 million ha
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 75,275 ha
- Eastern Europe 2.73 million ha
- Syrian Arab Republic 28,124 ha
- European Union (27) 1.38 million ha
- Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha
- Western Europe 786,195 ha
- Timor-Leste 16,385 ha
- Northern Africa 700,924 ha
- Polynesia 7,070 ha
- Northern America 590,917 ha
- Micronesia 1,743 ha
- Caribbean 509,376 ha
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,382 ha
About this data
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.