Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 51,223 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 51,223 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 22.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 58,428 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 40,835 ha, in 2016.
That places Australia and New Zealand 81st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,622 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,697 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 57,897 ha | +16.5% |
| 1964 | 53,799 ha | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 49,473 ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 52,540 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 48,891 ha | -6.9% |
| 1968 | 52,931 ha | +8.3% |
| 1969 | 56,765 ha | +7.2% |
| 1970 | 53,952 ha | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 47,587 ha | -11.8% |
| 1972 | 49,051 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 46,388 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 42,820 ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 47,149 ha | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 43,713 ha | -7.3% |
| 1977 | 44,520 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 46,604 ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 43,422 ha | -6.8% |
| 1980 | 45,307 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 44,348 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 45,674 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 47,140 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 48,642 ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 48,557 ha | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 45,388 ha | -6.5% |
| 1987 | 47,089 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 49,755 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 47,686 ha | -4.2% |
| 1990 | 49,862 ha | +4.6% |
| 1991 | 48,804 ha | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 50,743 ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 49,295 ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 51,424 ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 49,796 ha | -3.2% |
| 1996 | 53,413 ha | +7.3% |
| 1997 | 52,633 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 58,428 ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 55,098 ha | -5.7% |
| 2000 | 56,039 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 52,834 ha | -5.7% |
| 2002 | 50,960 ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 48,965 ha | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 49,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 50,999 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 49,974 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 46,829 ha | -6.3% |
| 2008 | 50,506 ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 46,706 ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 49,862 ha | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 46,058 ha | -7.6% |
| 2012 | 48,346 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 46,695 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 41,877 ha | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 41,988 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 40,835 ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 41,212 ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 43,178 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 46,347 ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 41,666 ha | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 50,795 ha | +21.9% |
| 2022 | 47,850 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 47,910 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 51,223 ha | +6.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,291 ha | 48,622 ha | 57,897 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,521 ha | 42,820 ha | 53,952 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,959 ha | 44,348 ha | 49,755 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,950 ha | 48,804 ha | 58,428 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 50,341 ha | 46,706 ha | 56,039 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,640 ha | 40,835 ha | 49,862 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,889 ha | 41,666 ha | 51,223 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 78 Spain 61,390 ha compare
- 79 Myanmar 54,230 ha compare
- 80 Turkmenistan 53,855 ha compare
- 82 Equatorial Guinea 49,925 ha compare
- 83 Italy 49,090 ha compare
- 84 Azerbaijan 45,450 ha compare
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- Milk, Total — Production, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate 0.2308 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate -2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 37.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.3099 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 51,223 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 Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 58,428 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,835 ha in 2016.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 81st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.