Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 15,134 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 15,134 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 15,156 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 6,383 ha, in 1961.
That places Solomon Islands 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,383 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,394 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 6,435 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 6,466 ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 6,517 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 6,668 ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 6,689 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 6,705 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 6,720 ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 6,837 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 6,954 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 6,975 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 7,031 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 7,056 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 7,056 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 7,057 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,289 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 7,405 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 7,521 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 7,537 ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 7,563 ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 7,674 ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 7,985 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 8,101 ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 8,117 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 8,228 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 8,250 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 8,283 ha | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 8,335 ha | +0.6% |
| 1990 | 8,586 ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 8,631 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 8,811 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 8,445 ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 8,707 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 8,878 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 9,120 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 9,525 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 9,926 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 10,029 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 10,440 ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 10,846 ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 11,250 ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 11,547 ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 11,945 ha | +3.4% |
| 2005 | 12,449 ha | +4.2% |
| 2006 | 11,644 ha | -6.5% |
| 2007 | 12,750 ha | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 13,060 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 13,370 ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 13,324 ha | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 13,538 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 13,380 ha | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 13,885 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 14,407 ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 14,385 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 14,493 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 14,670 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 14,902 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 15,024 ha | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 15,156 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 15,131 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 15,111 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 15,142 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 15,134 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,553 ha | 6,383 ha | 6,720 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,118 ha | 6,837 ha | 7,521 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,007 ha | 7,537 ha | 8,335 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,066 ha | 8,445 ha | 10,029 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,930 ha | 10,440 ha | 13,370 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,201 ha | 13,324 ha | 15,024 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,135 ha | 15,111 ha | 15,156 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 15,134 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 Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 15,156 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,383 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 113th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.