Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Israel
Israel: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 14,720 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 14,720 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Israel peaked at 22,444 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,257 ha, in 1966.
That places Israel 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Israel, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,460 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,325 ha | +19.4% |
| 1963 | 5,170 ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 4,538 ha | -12.2% |
| 1965 | 5,065 ha | +11.6% |
| 1966 | 4,257 ha | -16.0% |
| 1967 | 4,430 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 4,820 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 4,860 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 4,855 ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 5,570 ha | +14.7% |
| 1972 | 5,573 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 5,632 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 5,705 ha | +1.3% |
| 1975 | 4,963 ha | -13.0% |
| 1976 | 5,417 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 6,477 ha | +19.6% |
| 1978 | 6,517 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 5,977 ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 5,047 ha | -15.6% |
| 1981 | 5,495 ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 4,770 ha | -13.2% |
| 1983 | 4,440 ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 5,185 ha | +16.8% |
| 1985 | 5,490 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 5,530 ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 5,625 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 6,110 ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 6,110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 6,373 ha | +4.3% |
| 1991 | 7,363 ha | +15.5% |
| 1992 | 7,828 ha | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 7,738 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 8,237 ha | +6.4% |
| 1995 | 8,823 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 8,461 ha | -4.1% |
| 1997 | 9,498 ha | +12.3% |
| 1998 | 9,950 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 11,502 ha | +15.6% |
| 2000 | 12,438 ha | +8.1% |
| 2001 | 12,802 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 14,354 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 19,109 ha | +33.1% |
| 2004 | 19,366 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 19,231 ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 20,933 ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 20,449 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 22,073 ha | +7.9% |
| 2009 | 22,444 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 18,316 ha | -18.4% |
| 2011 | 20,366 ha | +11.2% |
| 2012 | 17,971 ha | -11.8% |
| 2013 | 19,706 ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 20,021 ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 20,111 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 20,025 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 17,555 ha | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 17,619 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 16,390 ha | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 17,217 ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 16,839 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 16,002 ha | -5.0% |
| 2023 | 15,187 ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 14,720 ha | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,769 ha | 4,257 ha | 5,325 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,669 ha | 4,855 ha | 6,517 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,380 ha | 4,440 ha | 6,110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,577 ha | 6,373 ha | 11,502 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,320 ha | 12,438 ha | 22,444 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,808 ha | 16,390 ha | 20,366 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,993 ha | 14,720 ha | 17,217 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Israel?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Israel was 14,720 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 Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 22,444 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,257 ha in 1966.
- How does Israel rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Israel ranks 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.