Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in South Sudan
South Sudan: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 117,807 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in South Sudan, 2012–2024
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 South Sudan is 117,807 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in South Sudan peaked at 121,295 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 94,164 ha, in 2017.
That places South Sudan 56th 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 13 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 95,000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 101,000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 105,415 ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 97,671 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 96,390 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 94,164 ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 108,958 ha | +15.7% |
| 2019 | 113,222 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 114,732 ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 121,183 ha | +5.6% |
| 2022 | 121,295 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 118,230 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 117,807 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 101,478 ha | 94,164 ha | 113,222 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 118,649 ha | 114,732 ha | 121,295 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.4% (2015)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.4% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in South Sudan?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in South Sudan was 117,807 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 South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 121,295 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,164 ha in 2017.
- How does South Sudan rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- South Sudan ranks 56th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.