Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 24.79 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) recorded 24.79 million ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 27.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 24.79 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.89 million ha, in 1961.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.89 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 7.03 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 7.18 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 7.21 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 7.45 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 7.34 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 7.56 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 7.66 million ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 8.13 million ha | +6.1% |
| 1970 | 8.61 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 8.65 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 8.66 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 8.95 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 9.41 million ha | +5.1% |
| 1975 | 9.52 million ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 9.46 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 9.32 million ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 9.58 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 9.25 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1980 | 9.07 million ha | -1.9% |
| 1981 | 9.27 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 9.73 million ha | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 9.97 million ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 9.96 million ha | -0.0% |
| 1985 | 10.09 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 10.27 million ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 10.29 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 10.61 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 10.82 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 11.15 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 11.36 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 11.47 million ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 11.05 million ha | -3.7% |
| 1994 | 11.30 million ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 11.03 million ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 11.35 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 11.43 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 11.96 million ha | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 11.97 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12.42 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2001 | 12.53 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 12.24 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 13.11 million ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 13.85 million ha | +5.6% |
| 2005 | 13.93 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 13.98 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 14.06 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 14.00 million ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 15.55 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 17.81 million ha | +14.5% |
| 2011 | 18.36 million ha | +3.1% |
| 2012 | 18.64 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 19.46 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 19.43 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 20.06 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 20.82 million ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 21.77 million ha | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 22.02 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 21.64 million ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 22.30 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 23.25 million ha | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 23.89 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 24.60 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 24.79 million ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.38 million ha | 6.89 million ha | 8.13 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.14 million ha | 8.61 million ha | 9.58 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.01 million ha | 9.07 million ha | 10.82 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.41 million ha | 11.03 million ha | 11.97 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.57 million ha | 12.24 million ha | 15.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.00 million ha | 17.81 million ha | 22.02 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.76 million ha | 22.30 million ha | 24.79 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 Nigeria 21.97 million ha compare
- 2 China 7.30 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 7.28 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.03 million ha compare
- 4 USSR 6.01 million ha compare
- 5 India 2.65 million ha compare
- 6 Ghana 1.94 million ha compare
- 7 Thailand 1.45 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 618,234 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.7968 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 4.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.7968 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.7968 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.77 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 24.79 million 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 24.79 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.89 million ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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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.