Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 16,460 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Portugal is 16,460 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.7% on the previous year and down 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 144,023 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 14,480 ha, in 2023.
Portugal ranks 110th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 115,417 ha | — |
| 1962 | 108,957 ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 114,450 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 116,931 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 109,411 ha | -6.4% |
| 1966 | 117,614 ha | +7.5% |
| 1967 | 134,891 ha | +14.7% |
| 1968 | 123,753 ha | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 124,762 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 127,975 ha | +2.6% |
| 1971 | 125,539 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 129,384 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 126,357 ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 128,419 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 124,622 ha | -3.0% |
| 1976 | 134,568 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 144,023 ha | +7.0% |
| 1978 | 138,393 ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 125,889 ha | -9.0% |
| 1980 | 131,713 ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 124,225 ha | -5.7% |
| 1982 | 130,859 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 138,761 ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 133,999 ha | -3.4% |
| 1985 | 138,392 ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 126,986 ha | -8.2% |
| 1987 | 129,653 ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 123,113 ha | -5.0% |
| 1989 | 123,762 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 123,735 ha | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 115,961 ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 113,725 ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 98,967 ha | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 97,355 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 98,309 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 84,410 ha | -14.1% |
| 1997 | 71,974 ha | -14.7% |
| 1998 | 70,002 ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 64,976 ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 60,093 ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 52,336 ha | -12.9% |
| 2002 | 53,233 ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 48,960 ha | -8.0% |
| 2004 | 46,777 ha | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 40,300 ha | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 40,311 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 40,523 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 37,090 ha | -8.5% |
| 2009 | 30,357 ha | -18.2% |
| 2010 | 26,880 ha | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 27,225 ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 25,943 ha | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 27,792 ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 28,843 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 25,935 ha | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 24,520 ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 24,825 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 20,800 ha | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 17,990 ha | -13.5% |
| 2020 | 17,530 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 16,800 ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 14,510 ha | -13.6% |
| 2023 | 14,480 ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 16,460 ha | +13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118,465 ha | 108,957 ha | 134,891 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 130,517 ha | 124,622 ha | 144,023 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 130,146 ha | 123,113 ha | 138,761 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 93,941 ha | 64,976 ha | 123,735 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,998 ha | 30,357 ha | 60,093 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,075 ha | 17,990 ha | 28,843 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,956 ha | 14,480 ha | 17,530 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Portugal?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Portugal was 16,460 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 144,023 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,480 ha in 2023.
- How does Portugal rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 110th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.