Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 100 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Faroe Islands, 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 Faroe Islands is 100 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 13.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Faroe Islands peaked at 135 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 69 ha, in 1974.
Faroe Islands ranks 181st of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 135 ha | — |
| 1962 | 119 ha | -11.9% |
| 1963 | 130 ha | +9.2% |
| 1964 | 124 ha | -4.6% |
| 1965 | 111 ha | -10.5% |
| 1966 | 101 ha | -9.0% |
| 1967 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 96 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 90 ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 98 ha | +8.9% |
| 1971 | 97 ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 94 ha | -3.1% |
| 1973 | 83 ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 69 ha | -16.9% |
| 1975 | 77 ha | +11.6% |
| 1976 | 95 ha | +23.4% |
| 1977 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 97 ha | +2.1% |
| 1984 | 99 ha | +2.1% |
| 1985 | 102 ha | +3.0% |
| 1986 | 103 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 103 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 104 ha | +1.0% |
| 1989 | 105 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 106 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 107 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 110 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 109 ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 109 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 109 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 109 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 109 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 108 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 107 ha | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 106 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 105 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 104 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 103 ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 102 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 102 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 100 ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 101 ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 100 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 103 ha | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 105 ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 110 ha | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 116 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 97 ha | -16.4% |
| 2016 | 103 ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 103 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 102 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 101 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 101 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 100 ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111.89 ha | 90 ha | 135 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 89.8 ha | 69 ha | 98 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99.8 ha | 95 ha | 105 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 108.3 ha | 106 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 103.1 ha | 100 ha | 107 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 104 ha | 97 ha | 116 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.8 ha | 100 ha | 101 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Faroe Islands
- 178 Grenada 234 ha compare
- 179 Saint Kitts and Nevis 232 ha compare
- 180 Barbados 147 ha compare
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 98 ha compare
- 183 Qatar 49 ha compare
- 184 United Arab Emirates 47 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1607 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6036 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 11,918 current US$ per person (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Faroe Islands?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Faroe Islands was 100 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 135 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 69 ha in 1974.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Faroe Islands ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.