Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 19.54 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 19.54 million ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 19.54 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5.61 million ha, in 1961.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5.61 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 5.69 million ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 5.76 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 5.73 million ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 5.94 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 5.85 million ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 6.01 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 6.11 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 6.49 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 6.96 million ha | +7.3% |
| 1971 | 7.03 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 7.01 million ha | -0.2% |
| 1973 | 7.19 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 7.48 million ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 7.61 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 7.50 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 7.37 million ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 7.58 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 7.25 million ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 7.33 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 7.55 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 7.91 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1983 | 8.19 million ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 8.19 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 8.26 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 8.39 million ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 8.37 million ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 8.59 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 8.82 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 9.16 million ha | +3.9% |
| 1991 | 9.29 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 9.37 million ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 8.90 million ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 9.09 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 8.77 million ha | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 8.99 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 9.18 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 9.64 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1999 | 9.66 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 10.10 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2001 | 10.18 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 9.87 million ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 10.73 million ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 11.37 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 11.35 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 11.36 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 11.40 million ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 11.14 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 12.59 million ha | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 14.79 million ha | +17.5% |
| 2011 | 15.35 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 15.53 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 16.31 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 16.00 million ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 16.26 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 17.02 million ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 17.67 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 17.69 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 17.22 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 17.71 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 18.61 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2022 | 19.13 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 19.54 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2024 | 19.54 million ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5.91 million ha | 5.61 million ha | 6.49 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7.30 million ha | 6.96 million ha | 7.61 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.16 million ha | 7.33 million ha | 8.82 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.20 million ha | 8.77 million ha | 9.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.01 million ha | 9.87 million ha | 12.59 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.39 million ha | 14.79 million ha | 17.69 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.91 million ha | 17.71 million ha | 19.54 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Nigeria 21.97 million ha compare
- 2 China 7.30 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 7.28 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.03 million ha compare
- 4 USSR 6.01 million ha compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -1.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -0.0991 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 6.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 19.54 million 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 19.54 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.61 million ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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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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.