Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 3,825 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Samoa stood at 3,825 ha.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and down 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 8,909 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 2,560 ha, in 1996.
Samoa ranks 147th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,962 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,305 ha | +11.6% |
| 1963 | 3,368 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 3,437 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 3,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 3,558 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 3,568 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 3,911 ha | +9.6% |
| 1969 | 4,031 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 4,151 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 4,371 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 4,391 ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 4,403 ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 4,448 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 4,878 ha | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 5,290 ha | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 5,290 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 5,400 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 5,660 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 5,770 ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 5,880 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 6,120 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 6,230 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 6,350 ha | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 6,470 ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 6,701 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 6,709 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 4,744 ha | -29.3% |
| 1992 | 3,190 ha | -32.8% |
| 1993 | 3,147 ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 2,782 ha | -11.6% |
| 1995 | 3,817 ha | +37.2% |
| 1996 | 2,560 ha | -32.9% |
| 1997 | 4,652 ha | +81.7% |
| 1998 | 4,427 ha | -4.8% |
| 1999 | 5,213 ha | +17.8% |
| 2000 | 3,968 ha | -23.9% |
| 2001 | 3,999 ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 4,481 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 4,673 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 4,566 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 4,464 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 4,535 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 4,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 4,719 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 4,860 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 5,300 ha | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 5,757 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 6,246 ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 6,619 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 7,082 ha | +7.0% |
| 2015 | 8,909 ha | +25.8% |
| 2016 | 6,886 ha | -22.7% |
| 2017 | 6,113 ha | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 5,450 ha | -10.8% |
| 2019 | 3,262 ha | -40.1% |
| 2020 | 4,100 ha | +25.7% |
| 2021 | 3,902 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 3,754 ha | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 3,942 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 3,825 ha | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,521 ha | 2,962 ha | 4,031 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,812 ha | 4,151 ha | 5,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,078 ha | 5,600 ha | 6,701 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,124 ha | 2,560 ha | 6,709 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,496 ha | 3,968 ha | 4,860 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,162 ha | 3,262 ha | 8,909 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,905 ha | 3,754 ha | 4,100 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 9.09 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 9.09 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Samoa?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Samoa was 3,825 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 8,909 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,560 ha in 1996.
- How does Samoa rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 147th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa 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.