Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 19,570 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Comoros, 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 Comoros is 19,570 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 19,570 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 7,740 ha, in 1984.
Comoros ranks 103rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,200 ha | -1.1% |
| 1963 | 9,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,100 ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 9,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 9,200 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 9,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 9,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,300 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 9,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 9,550 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 9,100 ha | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 9,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 9,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 10,150 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 8,400 ha | -17.2% |
| 1977 | 9,100 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 8,700 ha | -4.4% |
| 1979 | 8,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 8,600 ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 8,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 8,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 9,100 ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 7,740 ha | -14.9% |
| 1985 | 7,980 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 8,630 ha | +8.1% |
| 1987 | 10,800 ha | +25.1% |
| 1988 | 10,920 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 11,050 ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 12,825 ha | +16.1% |
| 1991 | 13,815 ha | +7.7% |
| 1992 | 14,332 ha | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 14,369 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 13,452 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 13,359 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 13,646 ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 13,597 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 13,891 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 14,185 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 14,275 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 14,407 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 14,520 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 14,543 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 14,671 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 14,708 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 14,889 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 16,521 ha | +11.0% |
| 2008 | 16,706 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 17,436 ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 17,527 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 17,621 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 17,641 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 17,799 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 18,345 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 18,534 ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 18,648 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 18,776 ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 18,948 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 19,134 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 19,319 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 19,390 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 19,475 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 19,482 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19,570 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,144 ha | 9,000 ha | 9,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,225 ha | 8,400 ha | 10,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,222 ha | 7,740 ha | 11,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,747 ha | 12,825 ha | 14,369 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,268 ha | 14,275 ha | 17,436 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,297 ha | 17,527 ha | 19,134 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,447 ha | 19,319 ha | 19,570 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Comoros?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Comoros was 19,570 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 19,570 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,740 ha in 1984.
- How does Comoros rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 103rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.