Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in French Guiana
French Guiana: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 6,907 ha in 2006. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in French Guiana, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
French Guiana recorded 6,907 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2006. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.3% on the previous year and up 181.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in French Guiana peaked at 6,907 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 562 ha, in 1970.
French Guiana ranks 137th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,680 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,850 ha | +10.1% |
| 1963 | 1,380 ha | -25.4% |
| 1964 | 1,325 ha | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 1,340 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 1,190 ha | -11.2% |
| 1967 | 1,170 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1970 | 562 ha | -56.8% |
| 1971 | 940 ha | +67.3% |
| 1972 | 940 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,305 ha | +30.5% |
| 1976 | 1,280 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 1,280 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,375 ha | +7.4% |
| 1979 | 1,280 ha | -6.9% |
| 1980 | 1,200 ha | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 1,125 ha | -6.2% |
| 1982 | 1,125 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,135 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 1,135 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,135 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,260 ha | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,607 ha | +27.5% |
| 1989 | 3,110 ha | +93.5% |
| 1990 | 3,110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 3,110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 2,424 ha | -24.2% |
| 1994 | 2,450 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,633 ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 2,801 ha | +6.4% |
| 2002 | 2,946 ha | +5.2% |
| 2003 | 3,831 ha | +30.0% |
| 2004 | 4,810 ha | +25.6% |
| 2005 | 5,841 ha | +21.4% |
| 2006 | 6,907 ha | +18.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,382 ha | 1,170 ha | 1,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,096 ha | 562 ha | 1,375 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,409 ha | 1,125 ha | 3,110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,654 ha | 2,424 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,253 ha | 2,633 ha | 6,907 ha | 7 |
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -38.6 % change on previous year (2006)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.33 % change on previous year (2006)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -9.62 % change on previous year (2006)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in French Guiana?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in French Guiana was 6,907 ha in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 6,907 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 562 ha in 1970.
- How does French Guiana rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- French Guiana ranks 137th out of 191 countries with data for 2006.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this French Guiana 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.