Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 67,436 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 67,436 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.9% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 67,436 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,058 ha, in 1961.
Morocco ranks 71st 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 Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,058 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,841 ha | +51.7% |
| 1963 | 24,953 ha | +9.2% |
| 1964 | 18,250 ha | -26.9% |
| 1965 | 25,838 ha | +41.6% |
| 1966 | 26,146 ha | +1.2% |
| 1967 | 24,050 ha | -8.0% |
| 1968 | 20,050 ha | -16.6% |
| 1969 | 28,050 ha | +39.9% |
| 1970 | 28,058 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 28,080 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 20,080 ha | -28.5% |
| 1973 | 20,080 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,077 ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 19,568 ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 16,488 ha | -15.7% |
| 1977 | 25,077 ha | +52.1% |
| 1978 | 33,677 ha | +34.3% |
| 1979 | 40,077 ha | +19.0% |
| 1980 | 38,077 ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 28,512 ha | -25.1% |
| 1982 | 40,212 ha | +41.0% |
| 1983 | 40,812 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 38,912 ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 48,612 ha | +24.9% |
| 1986 | 44,542 ha | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 36,162 ha | -18.8% |
| 1988 | 52,462 ha | +45.1% |
| 1989 | 55,512 ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 52,709 ha | -5.0% |
| 1991 | 63,761 ha | +21.0% |
| 1992 | 61,466 ha | -3.6% |
| 1993 | 57,310 ha | -6.8% |
| 1994 | 59,611 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 54,161 ha | -9.1% |
| 1996 | 66,162 ha | +22.2% |
| 1997 | 67,262 ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 59,362 ha | -11.7% |
| 1999 | 62,773 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 61,288 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 62,004 ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 57,989 ha | -6.5% |
| 2003 | 65,015 ha | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 62,085 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 62,696 ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 60,181 ha | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 58,460 ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 63,442 ha | +8.5% |
| 2009 | 63,913 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 57,265 ha | -10.4% |
| 2011 | 58,690 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 60,194 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 54,147 ha | -10.0% |
| 2014 | 64,376 ha | +18.9% |
| 2015 | 65,436 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 60,327 ha | -7.8% |
| 2017 | 65,157 ha | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 62,891 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 62,942 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 58,415 ha | -7.2% |
| 2021 | 52,409 ha | -10.3% |
| 2022 | 54,464 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 57,677 ha | +5.9% |
| 2024 | 67,436 ha | +16.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,804 ha | 15,058 ha | 28,050 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,126 ha | 16,488 ha | 40,077 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,382 ha | 28,512 ha | 55,512 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,458 ha | 52,709 ha | 67,262 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 61,707 ha | 57,989 ha | 65,015 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 61,142 ha | 54,147 ha | 65,436 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,080 ha | 52,409 ha | 67,436 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 68 Romania 75,940 ha compare
- 69 Dominican Republic 74,712 ha compare
- 70 Niger 69,389 ha compare
- 72 Belgium-Luxembourg 66,612 ha compare
- 73 Afghanistan 66,587 ha compare
- 74 Kyrgyzstan 66,402 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Morocco?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Morocco was 67,436 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 67,436 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,058 ha in 1961.
- How does Morocco rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 71st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.