Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Germany
Germany: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 282,200 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Germany, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Germany recorded 282,200 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Germany peaked at 1.71 million ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 236,700 ha, in 2015.
Germany ranks 35th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Germany, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.66 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.71 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 1.67 million ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 1.60 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 1.51 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1966 | 1.43 million ha | -5.5% |
| 1967 | 1.39 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 1.33 million ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 1.19 million ha | -10.4% |
| 1970 | 1.26 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 1.21 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1972 | 1.15 million ha | -5.1% |
| 1973 | 1.13 million ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 1.10 million ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 989,644 ha | -10.2% |
| 1976 | 1.01 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 987,192 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 933,928 ha | -5.4% |
| 1979 | 873,990 ha | -6.4% |
| 1980 | 819,108 ha | -6.3% |
| 1981 | 778,642 ha | -4.9% |
| 1982 | 768,466 ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 732,499 ha | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 731,491 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 717,942 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 690,216 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 670,141 ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 656,800 ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 645,930 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 561,404 ha | -13.1% |
| 1991 | 341,782 ha | -39.1% |
| 1992 | 360,914 ha | +5.6% |
| 1993 | 312,332 ha | -13.5% |
| 1994 | 293,421 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 315,173 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 335,804 ha | +6.5% |
| 1997 | 303,584 ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 297,267 ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 308,501 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 304,380 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 282,100 ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 284,078 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 287,264 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 295,266 ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 276,900 ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 274,300 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 274,961 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 259,800 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 263,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 254,367 ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 258,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 238,300 ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 242,800 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 244,800 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 236,700 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 242,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 250,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 252,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 271,600 ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 273,500 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 258,300 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 266,400 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 264,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 282,200 ha | +6.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.50 million ha | 1.19 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.07 million ha | 873,990 ha | 1.26 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 721,124 ha | 645,930 ha | 819,108 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 343,018 ha | 293,421 ha | 561,404 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 280,275 ha | 259,800 ha | 304,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 249,257 ha | 236,700 ha | 271,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 269,020 ha | 258,300 ha | 282,200 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Germany?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Germany was 282,200 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 Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 1.71 million ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 236,700 ha in 2015.
- How does Germany rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Germany ranks 35th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Germany 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.