Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 98 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda is 98 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 34.2% on the previous year and down 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 160 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 32 ha, in 1984.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 182nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 41 ha | — |
| 1962 | 44 ha | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 47 ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 49 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 50 ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 54 ha | +8.0% |
| 1967 | 62 ha | +14.8% |
| 1968 | 66 ha | +6.5% |
| 1969 | 84 ha | +27.3% |
| 1970 | 113 ha | +34.5% |
| 1971 | 139 ha | +23.0% |
| 1972 | 160 ha | +15.1% |
| 1973 | 106 ha | -33.8% |
| 1974 | 61 ha | -42.5% |
| 1975 | 68 ha | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 81 ha | +19.1% |
| 1977 | 50 ha | -38.3% |
| 1978 | 82 ha | +64.0% |
| 1979 | 113 ha | +37.8% |
| 1980 | 93 ha | -17.7% |
| 1981 | 98 ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 63 ha | -35.7% |
| 1983 | 132 ha | +109.5% |
| 1984 | 32 ha | -75.8% |
| 1985 | 38 ha | +18.8% |
| 1986 | 50 ha | +31.6% |
| 1987 | 58 ha | +16.0% |
| 1988 | 67 ha | +15.5% |
| 1989 | 56 ha | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 55 ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 60 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 58 ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 57 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 56 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 53 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 55 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 56 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 57 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 58 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 58 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 57 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 65 ha | +14.0% |
| 2003 | 73 ha | +12.3% |
| 2004 | 85 ha | +16.4% |
| 2005 | 90 ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 96 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 100 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 105 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 106 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 108 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 110 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 119 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 123 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 114 ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 110 ha | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 102 ha | -7.3% |
| 2019 | 98 ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 79 ha | -19.4% |
| 2021 | 154 ha | +94.9% |
| 2022 | 117 ha | -24.0% |
| 2023 | 149 ha | +27.4% |
| 2024 | 98 ha | -34.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.22 ha | 41 ha | 84 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 97.3 ha | 50 ha | 160 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 68.7 ha | 32 ha | 132 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 56.5 ha | 53 ha | 60 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 83.5 ha | 57 ha | 106 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 110.9 ha | 98 ha | 123 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 119.4 ha | 79 ha | 154 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 179 Saint Kitts and Nevis 232 ha compare
- 180 Barbados 147 ha compare
- 181 Faroe Islands 100 ha compare
- 183 Qatar 49 ha compare
- 184 United Arab Emirates 47 ha compare
- 185 Tuvalu 21 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Antigua and Barbuda was 98 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 Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 160 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 32 ha in 1984.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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.