Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 3,700 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cyprus, 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 Cyprus is 3,700 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 11.4% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 12,288 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 3,320 ha, in 2023.
That places Cyprus 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,271 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,070 ha | +24.7% |
| 1963 | 12,288 ha | +35.5% |
| 1964 | 10,081 ha | -18.0% |
| 1965 | 9,593 ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 9,613 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 12,214 ha | +27.1% |
| 1968 | 12,274 ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 10,596 ha | -13.7% |
| 1970 | 10,994 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 8,984 ha | -18.3% |
| 1972 | 9,406 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 8,995 ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 7,626 ha | -15.2% |
| 1975 | 6,288 ha | -17.5% |
| 1976 | 8,595 ha | +36.7% |
| 1977 | 8,857 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 6,120 ha | -30.9% |
| 1979 | 7,492 ha | +22.4% |
| 1980 | 8,327 ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 7,859 ha | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 8,134 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 8,682 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 8,201 ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 7,197 ha | -12.2% |
| 1986 | 6,930 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 6,930 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,070 ha | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 8,320 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 8,120 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 8,785 ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 9,720 ha | +10.6% |
| 1993 | 8,180 ha | -15.8% |
| 1994 | 7,610 ha | -7.0% |
| 1995 | 10,015 ha | +31.6% |
| 1996 | 9,225 ha | -7.9% |
| 1997 | 7,095 ha | -23.1% |
| 1998 | 7,605 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 6,905 ha | -9.2% |
| 2000 | 6,600 ha | -4.4% |
| 2001 | 5,810 ha | -12.0% |
| 2002 | 5,810 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 5,618 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 5,487 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 6,300 ha | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 4,400 ha | -30.2% |
| 2007 | 6,380 ha | +45.0% |
| 2008 | 5,195 ha | -18.6% |
| 2009 | 5,055 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 4,330 ha | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 5,155 ha | +19.1% |
| 2012 | 4,633 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 4,714 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 4,992 ha | +5.9% |
| 2015 | 4,815 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 5,109 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 4,283 ha | -16.2% |
| 2018 | 4,540 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 3,880 ha | -14.5% |
| 2020 | 3,800 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 3,990 ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 3,790 ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 3,320 ha | -12.4% |
| 2024 | 3,700 ha | +11.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,333 ha | 7,271 ha | 12,288 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,336 ha | 6,120 ha | 10,994 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,865 ha | 6,930 ha | 8,682 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,326 ha | 6,905 ha | 10,015 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,666 ha | 4,400 ha | 6,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,645 ha | 3,880 ha | 5,155 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,720 ha | 3,320 ha | 3,990 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Cyprus was 3,700 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 Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 12,288 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,320 ha in 2023.
- How does Cyprus rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 149th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.