Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bahamas
Bahamas: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 570 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 570 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bahamas peaked at 581 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 93 ha, in 1999.
That places Bahamas 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123 ha | — |
| 1962 | 127 ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 133 ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 137 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 143 ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 147 ha | +2.8% |
| 1967 | 151 ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 154 ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 157 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 159 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 162 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 163 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 164 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 167 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 170 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 172 ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 175 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 178 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 176 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 182 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 184 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 185 ha | +0.5% |
| 1983 | 181 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 191 ha | +5.5% |
| 1985 | 183 ha | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 183 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 181 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 170 ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 173 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 160 ha | -7.5% |
| 1991 | 128 ha | -20.0% |
| 1992 | 125 ha | -2.3% |
| 1993 | 125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 127 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 117 ha | -7.9% |
| 1996 | 113 ha | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 196 ha | +73.5% |
| 1998 | 185 ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 93 ha | -49.7% |
| 2000 | 243 ha | +161.3% |
| 2001 | 193 ha | -20.6% |
| 2002 | 253 ha | +31.1% |
| 2003 | 263 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 275 ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 315 ha | +14.5% |
| 2006 | 349 ha | +10.8% |
| 2007 | 357 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 392 ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 422 ha | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 448 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 471 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 495 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 519 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 535 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 552 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 535 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 566 ha | +5.8% |
| 2018 | 551 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 573 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 581 ha | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 566 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 572 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 573 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 570 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141.33 ha | 123 ha | 157 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 168.6 ha | 159 ha | 178 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 181.3 ha | 170 ha | 191 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 136.9 ha | 93 ha | 196 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 306.2 ha | 193 ha | 422 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 524.5 ha | 448 ha | 573 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 572.4 ha | 566 ha | 581 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 164 Martinique 649 ha compare
- 165 Niue 620 ha compare
- 166 Luxembourg 590 ha compare
- 168 Réunion 528 ha compare
- 169 Brunei Darussalam 524 ha compare
- 170 Malta 510 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bahamas?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bahamas was 570 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 Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 581 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 93 ha in 1999.
- How does Bahamas rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 167th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.