Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mongolia
Mongolia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 19,614 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 19,614 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mongolia peaked at 21,416 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,700 ha, in 1961.
Mongolia ranks 102nd 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 Mongolia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,500 ha | +164.7% |
| 1963 | 2,700 ha | -40.0% |
| 1964 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 3,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 1968 | 3,100 ha | -6.1% |
| 1969 | 2,700 ha | -12.9% |
| 1970 | 2,900 ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 3,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 1972 | 2,800 ha | -15.2% |
| 1973 | 3,400 ha | +21.4% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 1975 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 1976 | 4,700 ha | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 5,700 ha | +21.3% |
| 1978 | 6,500 ha | +14.0% |
| 1979 | 7,300 ha | +12.3% |
| 1980 | 7,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 4,700 ha | -36.5% |
| 1982 | 7,500 ha | +59.6% |
| 1983 | 9,600 ha | +28.0% |
| 1984 | 9,700 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 10,300 ha | +6.2% |
| 1986 | 11,152 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 12,421 ha | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 13,144 ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 12,621 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 12,200 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 11,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 8,700 ha | -20.9% |
| 1993 | 8,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 7,800 ha | -12.4% |
| 1995 | 6,226 ha | -20.2% |
| 1996 | 6,933 ha | +11.4% |
| 1997 | 6,589 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 8,116 ha | +23.2% |
| 1999 | 8,756 ha | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 7,883 ha | -10.0% |
| 2001 | 8,859 ha | +12.4% |
| 2002 | 10,233 ha | +15.5% |
| 2003 | 8,421 ha | -17.7% |
| 2004 | 9,079 ha | +7.8% |
| 2005 | 9,758 ha | +7.5% |
| 2006 | 10,723 ha | +9.9% |
| 2007 | 11,462 ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 12,291 ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 13,525 ha | +10.0% |
| 2010 | 13,814 ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 15,376 ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 16,821 ha | +9.4% |
| 2013 | 15,503 ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 13,205 ha | -14.8% |
| 2015 | 12,839 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 15,024 ha | +17.0% |
| 2017 | 13,052 ha | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 12,775 ha | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 17,034 ha | +33.3% |
| 2020 | 17,596 ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 21,416 ha | +21.7% |
| 2022 | 21,015 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 19,425 ha | -7.6% |
| 2024 | 19,614 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,922 ha | 1,700 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,490 ha | 2,800 ha | 7,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,854 ha | 4,700 ha | 13,144 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,522 ha | 6,226 ha | 12,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,223 ha | 7,883 ha | 13,525 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,544 ha | 12,775 ha | 17,034 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,813 ha | 17,596 ha | 21,416 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mongolia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Mongolia was 19,614 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,416 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Mongolia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Mongolia ranks 102nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.