Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 14,763 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eswatini recorded 14,763 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 14,970 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4,671 ha, in 1961.
That places Eswatini 114th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,671 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,868 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 4,678 ha | -3.9% |
| 1964 | 5,000 ha | +6.9% |
| 1965 | 5,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 5,147 ha | +1.9% |
| 1967 | 5,188 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 5,600 ha | +7.9% |
| 1969 | 6,400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1970 | 6,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,800 ha | +21.9% |
| 1972 | 6,900 ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 6,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1975 | 5,693 ha | -20.9% |
| 1976 | 8,103 ha | +42.3% |
| 1977 | 7,150 ha | -11.8% |
| 1978 | 11,100 ha | +55.2% |
| 1979 | 11,700 ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 10,900 ha | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 7,863 ha | -27.9% |
| 1982 | 7,910 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7,485 ha | -5.4% |
| 1984 | 9,214 ha | +23.1% |
| 1985 | 8,388 ha | -9.0% |
| 1986 | 8,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 8,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 9,713 ha | +10.4% |
| 1989 | 10,645 ha | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 10,703 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 10,454 ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 10,168 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 10,083 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 10,226 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 10,337 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 10,453 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 10,595 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 10,814 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 10,364 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 10,801 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 11,053 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 11,152 ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 11,377 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 11,379 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 11,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 11,000 ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 11,593 ha | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 12,196 ha | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 12,758 ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 13,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 13,218 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 13,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 13,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 13,520 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 13,982 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 13,806 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 14,168 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 14,329 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 14,970 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 14,789 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 14,677 ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 14,782 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 14,830 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 14,763 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,178 ha | 4,671 ha | 6,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,895 ha | 5,693 ha | 11,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,952 ha | 7,485 ha | 10,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,420 ha | 10,083 ha | 10,814 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,501 ha | 10,801 ha | 12,758 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,779 ha | 13,000 ha | 14,970 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,768 ha | 14,677 ha | 14,830 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 111 Costa Rica 15,820 ha compare
- 112 Eritrea 15,283 ha compare
- 113 Solomon Islands 15,134 ha compare
- 115 Israel 14,720 ha compare
- 116 Lithuania 14,670 ha compare
- 117 China, Taiwan Province of 14,198 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Eswatini was 14,763 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 14,970 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,671 ha in 1961.
- How does Eswatini rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 114th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.