Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 135,414 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Algeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Algeria stood at 135,414 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 161,156 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 22,300 ha, in 1963.
Algeria ranks 51st of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 25,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 22,300 ha | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 26,700 ha | +19.7% |
| 1965 | 28,400 ha | +6.4% |
| 1966 | 25,480 ha | -10.3% |
| 1967 | 32,050 ha | +25.8% |
| 1968 | 40,010 ha | +24.8% |
| 1969 | 42,710 ha | +6.7% |
| 1970 | 41,900 ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 44,030 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 50,200 ha | +14.0% |
| 1973 | 53,470 ha | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 59,700 ha | +11.7% |
| 1975 | 70,080 ha | +17.4% |
| 1976 | 69,490 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 74,910 ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 72,940 ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 77,220 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 76,010 ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 82,900 ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 73,740 ha | -11.0% |
| 1983 | 76,790 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 71,900 ha | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 97,480 ha | +35.6% |
| 1986 | 96,660 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 107,440 ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 97,600 ha | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 104,060 ha | +6.6% |
| 1990 | 102,430 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 118,720 ha | +15.9% |
| 1992 | 107,260 ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 95,780 ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 75,300 ha | -21.4% |
| 1995 | 87,740 ha | +16.5% |
| 1996 | 85,420 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 67,180 ha | -21.4% |
| 1998 | 68,640 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 64,890 ha | -5.5% |
| 2000 | 72,690 ha | +12.0% |
| 2001 | 65,790 ha | -9.5% |
| 2002 | 72,560 ha | +10.3% |
| 2003 | 88,660 ha | +22.2% |
| 2004 | 93,144 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 99,717 ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 98,825 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 79,339 ha | -19.7% |
| 2008 | 91,841 ha | +15.8% |
| 2009 | 105,121 ha | +14.5% |
| 2010 | 121,996 ha | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 131,903 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 138,666 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 161,156 ha | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 156,176 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 153,313 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 156,308 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 148,822 ha | -4.8% |
| 2018 | 149,665 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 157,864 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 149,465 ha | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 136,855 ha | -8.4% |
| 2022 | 131,439 ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 137,839 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 135,414 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,517 ha | 22,300 ha | 42,710 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 61,394 ha | 41,900 ha | 77,220 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,458 ha | 71,900 ha | 107,440 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 87,336 ha | 64,890 ha | 118,720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,769 ha | 65,790 ha | 105,121 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 147,587 ha | 121,996 ha | 161,156 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 138,202 ha | 131,439 ha | 149,465 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
- 48 Canada 156,309 ha compare
- 49 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 152,670 ha compare
- 50 Belarus 141,000 ha compare
- 52 Uzbekistan 124,721 ha compare
- 53 Japan 120,384 ha compare
- 54 Kazakhstan 120,225 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Algeria?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Algeria was 135,414 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 161,156 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,300 ha in 1963.
- How does Algeria rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 51st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.