Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Kiribati
Kiribati: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 361 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Kiribati, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 361 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Kiribati peaked at 1,110 ha in 1975 and was at its lowest, 320 ha, in 2012.
Kiribati ranks 175th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Kiribati, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 680 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 690 ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 720 ha | +4.3% |
| 1965 | 795 ha | +10.4% |
| 1966 | 830 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 850 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 870 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 890 ha | +2.3% |
| 1970 | 910 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 1,050 ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 1,040 ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 1,070 ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 1,110 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 1,110 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 1,090 ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 1,080 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 1,070 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,060 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 1,050 ha | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 1,040 ha | -1.0% |
| 1988 | 1,030 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 1,020 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 1,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 360 ha | -64.0% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 355 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 360 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 369 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 380 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 379 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 379 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 380 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 387 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 409 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 420 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 431 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 440 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 433 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 389 ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 362 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 320 ha | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 350 ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 358 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 348 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 339 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 349 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 352 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 356 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 360 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 355 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 359 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 360 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 361 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 777.22 ha | 670 ha | 890 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,056 ha | 910 ha | 1,110 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,055 ha | 1,020 ha | 1,070 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 431.2 ha | 350 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 426 ha | 387 ha | 460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 352.3 ha | 320 ha | 389 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 359 ha | 355 ha | 361 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2317 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 590.95 current US$ per person (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Kiribati?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Kiribati was 361 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 1,110 ha in 1975.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 320 ha in 2012.
- How does Kiribati rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Kiribati ranks 175th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.