Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Somalia
Somalia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 11,220 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Somalia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 11,220 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Somalia peaked at 11,241 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,800 ha, in 1961.
Somalia ranks 124th 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,500 ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,700 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 2,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,710 ha | +0.4% |
| 1974 | 2,810 ha | +3.7% |
| 1975 | 3,215 ha | +14.4% |
| 1976 | 3,320 ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 3,325 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 3,330 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 3,430 ha | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 3,540 ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 3,750 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 3,860 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 3,970 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 4,080 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 4,090 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 4,200 ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 4,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 4,510 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 4,720 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 4,830 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 4,700 ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 4,250 ha | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 4,400 ha | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 3,950 ha | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 4,980 ha | +26.1% |
| 1996 | 5,500 ha | +10.4% |
| 1997 | 6,020 ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 6,530 ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 7,040 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 7,550 ha | +7.2% |
| 2001 | 9,150 ha | +21.2% |
| 2002 | 9,174 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 9,400 ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 9,608 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 9,511 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 9,250 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 9,342 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 9,492 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 9,698 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 9,871 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 10,040 ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 10,100 ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 10,300 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 10,377 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 10,493 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 10,660 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 10,805 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 10,923 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 11,017 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 11,106 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 11,228 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 11,241 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 11,192 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 11,220 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,133 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,014 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,430 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,112 ha | 3,540 ha | 4,720 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,220 ha | 3,950 ha | 7,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,218 ha | 7,550 ha | 9,698 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,459 ha | 9,871 ha | 11,017 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,197 ha | 11,106 ha | 11,241 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Somalia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -13.31 % change on previous year (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.5579 current US$ per US$ of GDP (1990)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 81.24 current US$ per person (1990)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4486 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 55.8% (1990)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 55.8% (1990)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (1982)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 7.1% (1982)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Somalia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Somalia was 11,220 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,241 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Somalia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Somalia ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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.