Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Namibia
Namibia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 45,153 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Namibia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Namibia stood at 45,153 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Namibia peaked at 45,646 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 17,000 ha, in 1961.
Namibia ranks 85th 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 Namibia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 19,000 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 19,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 21,000 ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 21,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1991 | 25,453 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 23,000 ha | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 24,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 28,000 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 29,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 29,456 ha | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 30,080 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 32,155 ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 33,730 ha | +4.9% |
| 2003 | 34,810 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 36,380 ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 37,460 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 38,540 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 39,690 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 38,616 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 37,927 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 39,950 ha | +5.3% |
| 2011 | 40,345 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 41,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 40,000 ha | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 41,998 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 43,044 ha | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 43,310 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 43,777 ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 44,343 ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 44,964 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 45,646 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 44,985 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 45,198 ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 45,276 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 45,153 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,667 ha | 17,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,600 ha | 20,000 ha | 22,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,900 ha | 22,000 ha | 24,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,191 ha | 23,000 ha | 29,456 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,939 ha | 30,080 ha | 39,690 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,303 ha | 39,950 ha | 44,964 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 45,252 ha | 44,985 ha | 45,646 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Namibia
- 82 Equatorial Guinea 49,925 ha compare
- 83 Italy 49,090 ha compare
- 84 Azerbaijan 45,450 ha compare
- 86 Republic of Korea 43,403 ha compare
- 87 Australia 39,653 ha compare
- 88 Ecuador 38,047 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Namibia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0699 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 340.78 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4913 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.99 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.99 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Namibia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Namibia was 45,153 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 Namibia?
- The highest recorded value was 45,646 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Namibia?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Namibia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Namibia ranks 85th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Namibia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Namibia 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.