Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eritrea
Eritrea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 15,283 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 15,283 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eritrea peaked at 41,205 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 13,470 ha, in 2015.
Eritrea ranks 112th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 37,142 ha | — |
| 1994 | 37,947 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 36,680 ha | -3.3% |
| 1996 | 36,053 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 38,365 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 39,119 ha | +2.0% |
| 1999 | 39,118 ha | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 37,481 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 39,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 38,594 ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 40,500 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 40,258 ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 41,205 ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 35,738 ha | -13.3% |
| 2007 | 31,029 ha | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 27,804 ha | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 22,793 ha | -18.0% |
| 2010 | 20,667 ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 20,065 ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 18,590 ha | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 19,099 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 18,483 ha | -3.2% |
| 2015 | 13,470 ha | -27.1% |
| 2016 | 17,014 ha | +26.3% |
| 2017 | 16,452 ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 15,645 ha | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 16,371 ha | +4.6% |
| 2020 | 16,388 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 15,280 ha | -6.8% |
| 2022 | 15,009 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 15,559 ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 15,283 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 37,775 ha | 36,053 ha | 39,119 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 35,440 ha | 22,793 ha | 41,205 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,586 ha | 13,470 ha | 20,667 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,504 ha | 15,009 ha | 16,388 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eritrea?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eritrea was 15,283 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 41,205 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,470 ha in 2015.
- How does Eritrea rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 112th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.