Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bhutan
Bhutan: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 5,510 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Bhutan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bhutan stood at 5,510 ha.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 30.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bhutan peaked at 9,906 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 3,840 ha, in 1961.
That places Bhutan 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,840 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,060 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 4,170 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 4,280 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 4,370 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 4,480 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 4,590 ha | +2.5% |
| 1968 | 4,690 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 4,850 ha | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 4,960 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 5,040 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 5,200 ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 5,280 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 5,390 ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 5,490 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 5,570 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 5,650 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 5,730 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 5,810 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 5,970 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 6,100 ha | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 6,113 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 6,360 ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 6,634 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 6,600 ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 6,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,750 ha | +17.4% |
| 1988 | 5,160 ha | -33.4% |
| 1989 | 5,200 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 5,299 ha | +1.9% |
| 1991 | 6,544 ha | +23.5% |
| 1992 | 6,701 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 6,722 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 6,634 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 6,494 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 6,041 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 5,182 ha | -14.2% |
| 1998 | 5,245 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 5,726 ha | +9.2% |
| 2000 | 6,067 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 6,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 7,189 ha | +10.6% |
| 2003 | 7,231 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 6,516 ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 9,136 ha | +40.2% |
| 2006 | 9,906 ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 9,617 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 8,946 ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 8,022 ha | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 5,934 ha | -26.0% |
| 2011 | 9,298 ha | +56.7% |
| 2012 | 7,512 ha | -19.2% |
| 2013 | 6,529 ha | -13.1% |
| 2014 | 7,921 ha | +21.3% |
| 2015 | 7,279 ha | -8.1% |
| 2016 | 8,376 ha | +15.1% |
| 2017 | 7,726 ha | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 6,973 ha | -9.7% |
| 2019 | 6,696 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 6,691 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,837 ha | -12.8% |
| 2022 | 5,657 ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 5,675 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 5,510 ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,370 ha | 3,840 ha | 4,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,412 ha | 4,960 ha | 5,810 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,249 ha | 5,160 ha | 7,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,059 ha | 5,182 ha | 6,722 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,913 ha | 6,067 ha | 9,906 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,424 ha | 5,934 ha | 9,298 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,874 ha | 5,510 ha | 6,691 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bhutan?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Bhutan was 5,510 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 9,906 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,840 ha in 1961.
- How does Bhutan rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Bhutan ranks 143rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.