Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 13,279 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Fiji stood at 13,279 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and down 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 24,785 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,118 ha, in 1979.
Fiji ranks 119th 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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,710 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,184 ha | +3.0% |
| 1963 | 16,189 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 15,863 ha | -2.0% |
| 1965 | 16,356 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 15,862 ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 15,038 ha | -5.2% |
| 1968 | 15,882 ha | +5.6% |
| 1969 | 15,550 ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 14,103 ha | -9.3% |
| 1971 | 9,410 ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 6,730 ha | -28.5% |
| 1973 | 4,743 ha | -29.5% |
| 1974 | 4,446 ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 4,468 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 3,619 ha | -19.0% |
| 1977 | 3,440 ha | -4.9% |
| 1978 | 3,293 ha | -4.3% |
| 1979 | 3,118 ha | -5.3% |
| 1980 | 4,750 ha | +52.3% |
| 1981 | 4,954 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 5,120 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 6,470 ha | +26.4% |
| 1984 | 9,560 ha | +47.8% |
| 1985 | 10,150 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 9,778 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 8,105 ha | -17.1% |
| 1988 | 7,534 ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 8,173 ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 14,801 ha | +81.1% |
| 1991 | 6,738 ha | -54.5% |
| 1992 | 6,155 ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 7,992 ha | +29.8% |
| 1994 | 10,824 ha | +35.4% |
| 1995 | 6,294 ha | -41.9% |
| 1996 | 7,181 ha | +14.1% |
| 1997 | 9,651 ha | +34.4% |
| 1998 | 7,207 ha | -25.3% |
| 1999 | 5,255 ha | -27.1% |
| 2000 | 7,844 ha | +49.3% |
| 2001 | 7,612 ha | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 9,129 ha | +19.9% |
| 2003 | 9,679 ha | +6.0% |
| 2004 | 14,395 ha | +48.7% |
| 2005 | 15,724 ha | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 14,882 ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 16,745 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 24,785 ha | +48.0% |
| 2009 | 12,193 ha | -50.8% |
| 2010 | 12,301 ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 15,511 ha | +26.1% |
| 2012 | 12,261 ha | -21.0% |
| 2013 | 17,571 ha | +43.3% |
| 2014 | 17,237 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 8,610 ha | -50.0% |
| 2016 | 6,693 ha | -22.3% |
| 2017 | 7,459 ha | +11.4% |
| 2018 | 7,906 ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 8,052 ha | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 10,634 ha | +32.1% |
| 2021 | 11,751 ha | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 11,908 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 12,604 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 13,279 ha | +5.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,848 ha | 15,038 ha | 16,356 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,737 ha | 3,118 ha | 14,103 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,459 ha | 4,750 ha | 10,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,210 ha | 5,255 ha | 14,801 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,299 ha | 7,612 ha | 24,785 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,360 ha | 6,693 ha | 17,571 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,035 ha | 10,634 ha | 13,279 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 116 Lithuania 14,670 ha compare
- 117 China, Taiwan Province of 14,198 ha compare
- 118 Georgia 14,000 ha compare
- 120 North Macedonia 12,094 ha compare
- 121 Norway 11,887 ha compare
- 122 New Zealand 11,571 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Fiji?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Fiji was 13,279 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 Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 24,785 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,118 ha in 1979.
- How does Fiji rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 119th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Fiji 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.