Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Polynesia
Polynesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 7,070 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Polynesia stood at 7,070 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.8% on the previous year and down 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Polynesia peaked at 17,205 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 6,488 ha, in 2019.
Polynesia ranks 18th of 20 regions on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,620 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,224 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 13,378 ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 13,644 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 13,768 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 13,917 ha | +1.1% |
| 1967 | 13,908 ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 14,241 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 14,525 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 14,608 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 15,229 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 15,341 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 15,644 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 16,345 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 16,710 ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 17,205 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 17,059 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 17,099 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 16,626 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 16,570 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 16,372 ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 16,147 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 16,111 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 15,872 ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 15,707 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 15,350 ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 15,034 ha | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 14,769 ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 14,289 ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 14,023 ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 9,502 ha | -32.2% |
| 1992 | 9,298 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 9,926 ha | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 9,362 ha | -5.7% |
| 1995 | 10,282 ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 8,489 ha | -17.4% |
| 1997 | 10,025 ha | +18.1% |
| 1998 | 9,192 ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 9,248 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 7,877 ha | -14.8% |
| 2001 | 7,589 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 8,248 ha | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 8,410 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 8,280 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 8,172 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 8,210 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 8,430 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 8,209 ha | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 8,383 ha | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 8,712 ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 9,089 ha | +4.3% |
| 2012 | 9,556 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 10,008 ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 10,441 ha | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 12,176 ha | +16.6% |
| 2016 | 10,206 ha | -16.2% |
| 2017 | 9,333 ha | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 8,711 ha | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 6,488 ha | -25.5% |
| 2020 | 7,362 ha | +13.5% |
| 2021 | 7,136 ha | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 6,987 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 7,199 ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 7,070 ha | -1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,692 ha | 12,620 ha | 14,525 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,187 ha | 14,608 ha | 17,205 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,622 ha | 14,289 ha | 16,570 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,935 ha | 8,489 ha | 14,023 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,181 ha | 7,589 ha | 8,430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,472 ha | 6,488 ha | 12,176 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,151 ha | 6,987 ha | 7,362 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Polynesia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Polynesia was 7,070 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 Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,205 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,488 ha in 2019.
- How does Polynesia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Polynesia ranks 18th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.