Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 349 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in French Polynesia, 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 French Polynesia is 349 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in French Polynesia peaked at 1,045 ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 338 ha, in 2019.
That places French Polynesia 176th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in French Polynesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 825 ha | — |
| 1962 | 830 ha | +0.6% |
| 1963 | 825 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 835 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 845 ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 852 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 862 ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 875 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 890 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 905 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 920 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 940 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 945 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 950 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 965 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 980 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1978 | 1,015 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 1,030 ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 1,045 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 1,045 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,020 ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 990 ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 970 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 940 ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 920 ha | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 890 ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 910 ha | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 981 ha | +9.0% |
| 1991 | 433 ha | -55.9% |
| 1992 | 436 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 441 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 444 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 765 ha | +72.3% |
| 1996 | 756 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 727 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 689 ha | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 694 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 650 ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 558 ha | -14.2% |
| 2002 | 575 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 572 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 580 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 592 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 585 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 552 ha | -5.6% |
| 2008 | 415 ha | -24.8% |
| 2009 | 528 ha | +27.2% |
| 2010 | 496 ha | -6.1% |
| 2011 | 486 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 466 ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 470 ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 470 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 473 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 434 ha | -8.2% |
| 2017 | 345 ha | -20.5% |
| 2018 | 382 ha | +10.7% |
| 2019 | 338 ha | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 397 ha | +17.5% |
| 2021 | 351 ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 342 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 364 ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 349 ha | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 848.78 ha | 825 ha | 890 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 965 ha | 905 ha | 1,030 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 963 ha | 890 ha | 1,045 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 636.6 ha | 433 ha | 981 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 560.7 ha | 415 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 436 ha | 338 ha | 496 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 360.6 ha | 342 ha | 397 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for French Polynesia
- Rural population, per capita 0.3824 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1307 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 442.4 current US$ per person (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0222 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.86 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.22 (2020)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.22 (2020)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in French Polynesia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in French Polynesia was 349 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 French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,045 ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 338 ha in 2019.
- How does French Polynesia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- French Polynesia ranks 176th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this French Polynesia 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.