Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 75,940 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Romania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 75,940 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 62.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Romania peaked at 351,400 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 75,940 ha, in 2024.
That places Romania 68th out of 191 countries 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 Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 304,800 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 331,800 ha | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 320,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 1965 | 311,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 317,300 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 322,100 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 333,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 320,949 ha | -3.8% |
| 1970 | 301,146 ha | -6.2% |
| 1971 | 306,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 312,600 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 298,100 ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 310,361 ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 304,989 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 300,900 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 306,100 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 305,400 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 293,647 ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 286,434 ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 298,789 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 310,878 ha | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 319,167 ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 312,058 ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 321,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 329,100 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 317,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 325,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 351,400 ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 289,614 ha | -17.6% |
| 1991 | 234,882 ha | -18.9% |
| 1992 | 218,695 ha | -6.9% |
| 1993 | 249,003 ha | +13.9% |
| 1994 | 248,617 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 244,314 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 256,962 ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 253,172 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 258,698 ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 272,986 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 281,466 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 276,099 ha | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 282,382 ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 281,868 ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 254,005 ha | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 285,312 ha | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 283,089 ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 272,548 ha | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 259,744 ha | -4.7% |
| 2009 | 260,317 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 246,982 ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 248,338 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 229,055 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 207,603 ha | -9.4% |
| 2014 | 202,657 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 196,058 ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 186,233 ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 171,379 ha | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 173,300 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 174,120 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 101,030 ha | -42.0% |
| 2021 | 84,530 ha | -16.3% |
| 2022 | 80,770 ha | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 79,490 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 75,940 ha | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 318,217 ha | 300,700 ha | 333,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 303,994 ha | 293,647 ha | 312,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 317,163 ha | 286,434 ha | 351,400 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 252,694 ha | 218,695 ha | 289,614 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 273,683 ha | 254,005 ha | 285,312 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 203,572 ha | 171,379 ha | 248,338 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 84,352 ha | 75,940 ha | 101,030 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Romania?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Romania was 75,940 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 Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 351,400 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 75,940 ha in 2024.
- How does Romania rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.