Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 76,912 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mexico is 76,912 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 98,991 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 59,099 ha, in 1965.
Mexico ranks 67th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,228 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65,933 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 73,659 ha | +11.7% |
| 1964 | 72,964 ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 59,099 ha | -19.0% |
| 1966 | 63,328 ha | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 63,643 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 62,679 ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 67,837 ha | +8.2% |
| 1970 | 71,040 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 61,585 ha | -13.3% |
| 1972 | 71,853 ha | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 70,225 ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 67,501 ha | -3.9% |
| 1975 | 70,476 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 69,966 ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 68,084 ha | -2.7% |
| 1978 | 80,860 ha | +18.8% |
| 1979 | 98,991 ha | +22.4% |
| 1980 | 85,244 ha | -13.9% |
| 1981 | 73,063 ha | -14.3% |
| 1982 | 76,147 ha | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 78,924 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 78,881 ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 76,347 ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 73,542 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 74,990 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 77,618 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 78,130 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 87,105 ha | +11.5% |
| 1991 | 79,402 ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 77,210 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 72,229 ha | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 66,604 ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 68,718 ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 68,150 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 69,644 ha | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 69,091 ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 74,181 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 76,739 ha | +3.4% |
| 2001 | 77,450 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 71,018 ha | -8.3% |
| 2003 | 75,161 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 72,767 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 73,907 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 71,985 ha | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 74,174 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 70,587 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 63,454 ha | -10.1% |
| 2010 | 66,223 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 65,537 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 79,354 ha | +21.1% |
| 2013 | 72,027 ha | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 72,650 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 76,091 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 78,091 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 72,372 ha | -7.3% |
| 2018 | 72,931 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 72,075 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 75,023 ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 75,364 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 72,046 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 75,440 ha | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 76,912 ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,041 ha | 59,099 ha | 73,659 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,058 ha | 61,585 ha | 98,991 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 77,289 ha | 73,063 ha | 85,244 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,233 ha | 66,604 ha | 87,105 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,724 ha | 63,454 ha | 77,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,735 ha | 65,537 ha | 79,354 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 74,957 ha | 72,046 ha | 76,912 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mexico?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mexico was 76,912 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 98,991 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,099 ha in 1965.
- How does Mexico rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 67th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.