Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 65,829 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mali recorded 65,829 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.9% on the previous year and up 60.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mali peaked at 82,682 ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 3,860 ha, in 1989.
Mali ranks 75th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 10,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 11,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 11,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 11,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1967 | 11,500 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 11,700 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 11,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 11,200 ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 10,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 9,800 ha | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 9,000 ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 8,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1975 | 7,900 ha | -6.0% |
| 1976 | 7,000 ha | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 6,100 ha | -12.9% |
| 1978 | 5,700 ha | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 5,600 ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 5,625 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 5,625 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,680 ha | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 6,980 ha | +22.9% |
| 1984 | 4,835 ha | -30.7% |
| 1985 | 6,597 ha | +36.4% |
| 1986 | 6,698 ha | +1.5% |
| 1987 | 4,765 ha | -28.9% |
| 1988 | 3,922 ha | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 3,860 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 6,617 ha | +71.4% |
| 1991 | 7,754 ha | +17.2% |
| 1992 | 6,841 ha | -11.8% |
| 1993 | 9,264 ha | +35.4% |
| 1994 | 7,603 ha | -17.9% |
| 1995 | 8,164 ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 9,142 ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 10,331 ha | +13.0% |
| 1998 | 12,955 ha | +25.4% |
| 1999 | 12,828 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 10,168 ha | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 14,677 ha | +44.3% |
| 2002 | 14,077 ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 15,357 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 7,819 ha | -49.1% |
| 2005 | 19,010 ha | +143.1% |
| 2006 | 22,775 ha | +19.8% |
| 2007 | 28,944 ha | +27.1% |
| 2008 | 30,331 ha | +4.8% |
| 2009 | 23,807 ha | -21.5% |
| 2010 | 20,931 ha | -12.1% |
| 2011 | 27,303 ha | +30.4% |
| 2012 | 33,966 ha | +24.4% |
| 2013 | 38,933 ha | +14.6% |
| 2014 | 41,087 ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 38,644 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 55,314 ha | +43.1% |
| 2017 | 82,682 ha | +49.5% |
| 2018 | 59,375 ha | -28.2% |
| 2019 | 44,130 ha | -25.7% |
| 2020 | 65,407 ha | +48.2% |
| 2021 | 58,399 ha | -10.7% |
| 2022 | 56,187 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 59,350 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 65,829 ha | +10.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,100 ha | 10,300 ha | 11,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,140 ha | 5,600 ha | 11,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,459 ha | 3,860 ha | 6,980 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,150 ha | 6,617 ha | 12,955 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,696 ha | 7,819 ha | 30,331 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,236 ha | 20,931 ha | 82,682 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 61,034 ha | 56,187 ha | 65,829 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 72 Belgium-Luxembourg 66,612 ha compare
- 73 Afghanistan 66,587 ha compare
- 74 Kyrgyzstan 66,402 ha compare
- 76 Denmark 65,400 ha compare
- 77 Tajikistan 63,315 ha compare
- 78 Spain 61,390 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mali?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mali was 65,829 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 Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 82,682 ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,860 ha in 1989.
- How does Mali rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 75th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.