Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 623 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cabo Verde, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cabo Verde recorded 623 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 55.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cabo Verde peaked at 3,600 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 294 ha, in 1972.
Cabo Verde ranks 29th of 29 countries on this measure, 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 Cabo Verde, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,550 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 3,600 ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,480 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 3,100 ha | -10.9% |
| 1968 | 1,806 ha | -41.7% |
| 1969 | 2,400 ha | +32.9% |
| 1970 | 2,024 ha | -15.7% |
| 1971 | 1,310 ha | -35.3% |
| 1972 | 294 ha | -77.6% |
| 1973 | 880 ha | +199.3% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 1,172 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 1,420 ha | +9.2% |
| 1979 | 1,450 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 3,350 ha | +131.0% |
| 1981 | 3,550 ha | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 1,220 ha | -65.6% |
| 1983 | 1,237 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 1,510 ha | +22.1% |
| 1985 | 1,850 ha | +22.5% |
| 1986 | 1,950 ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 2,700 ha | +38.5% |
| 1988 | 2,175 ha | -19.4% |
| 1989 | 2,173 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 2,071 ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 1,495 ha | -27.8% |
| 1992 | 990 ha | -33.8% |
| 1993 | 949 ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 870 ha | -8.3% |
| 1995 | 886 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 990 ha | +11.7% |
| 1997 | 815 ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 1,076 ha | +32.0% |
| 1999 | 1,158 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 948 ha | -18.1% |
| 2001 | 1,003 ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 997 ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,010 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 1,006 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 1,038 ha | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 1,025 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 1,040 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 1,042 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,010 ha | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 1,119 ha | +10.8% |
| 2011 | 1,339 ha | +19.7% |
| 2012 | 1,428 ha | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 1,580 ha | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 1,400 ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 1,063 ha | -24.1% |
| 2016 | 1,026 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 855 ha | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 894 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 623 ha | -30.3% |
| 2020 | 623 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 624 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 632 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 630 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 623 ha | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,182 ha | 1,806 ha | 3,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,195 ha | 294 ha | 2,024 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,172 ha | 1,220 ha | 3,550 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,130 ha | 815 ha | 2,071 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,012 ha | 948 ha | 1,042 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,133 ha | 623 ha | 1,580 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 626.4 ha | 623 ha | 632 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cabo Verde?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cabo Verde was 623 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 Cabo Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 3,600 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Cabo Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 294 ha in 1972.
- How does Cabo Verde rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Cabo Verde ranks 29th out of 29 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Cabo Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cabo Verde 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.