Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 590,917 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern America stood at 590,917 ha.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 990,345 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 575,808 ha, in 2020.
That places Northern America 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 798,657 ha | — |
| 1962 | 744,917 ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 721,844 ha | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 689,649 ha | -4.5% |
| 1965 | 748,836 ha | +8.6% |
| 1966 | 784,859 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 771,690 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 738,645 ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 752,977 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 758,532 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 721,345 ha | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 656,642 ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 683,333 ha | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 729,463 ha | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 665,208 ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 711,346 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 708,939 ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 715,466 ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 671,416 ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 615,305 ha | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 656,390 ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 675,636 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 659,700 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 687,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 708,699 ha | +3.1% |
| 1986 | 642,666 ha | -9.3% |
| 1987 | 673,510 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 655,427 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 668,115 ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 710,770 ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 881,320 ha | +24.0% |
| 1992 | 871,670 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 875,850 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 921,900 ha | +5.3% |
| 1995 | 946,940 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 975,520 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 957,080 ha | -1.9% |
| 1998 | 981,730 ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 959,750 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 977,375 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 943,945 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 968,073 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 990,345 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 933,974 ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 861,699 ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 879,813 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 888,922 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 836,602 ha | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 821,586 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 595,000 ha | -27.6% |
| 2011 | 630,295 ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 658,244 ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 610,895 ha | -7.2% |
| 2014 | 616,595 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 626,366 ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 624,006 ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 624,921 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 602,989 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 577,160 ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 575,808 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 593,530 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 582,142 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 594,277 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 590,917 ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 750,230 ha | 689,649 ha | 798,657 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 702,169 ha | 656,642 ha | 758,532 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 664,270 ha | 615,305 ha | 708,699 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 908,253 ha | 710,770 ha | 981,730 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 910,233 ha | 821,586 ha | 990,345 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 616,647 ha | 577,160 ha | 658,244 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 587,335 ha | 575,808 ha | 594,277 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 16 Malawi 636,964 ha compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 22,430 ha compare
- 17 Cambodia 607,266 ha compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 16,385 ha compare
- 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 7,070 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 1,743 ha compare
- 20 Benin 520,628 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,382 ha compare
- 21 Peru 505,494 ha compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 501,700 ha compare
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- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.5889 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 18.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 3.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 23.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 3.55 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern America?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Northern America was 590,917 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 990,345 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 575,808 ha in 2020.
- How does Northern America rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.