Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 232 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded 232 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 489 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 217 ha, in 2006.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 179th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 445 ha | — |
| 1962 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 460 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 460 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 470 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 425 ha | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 435 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 435 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 445 ha | +2.3% |
| 1971 | 459 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 465 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 485 ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 489 ha | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 400 ha | -18.2% |
| 1976 | 424 ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 427 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 425 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 425 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 405 ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 403 ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 402 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 431 ha | +7.2% |
| 1984 | 426 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 426 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 426 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 426 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 427 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 382 ha | -10.5% |
| 1990 | 389 ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 391 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 391 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 399 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 351 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 349 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 317 ha | -9.2% |
| 1997 | 306 ha | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 289 ha | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 297 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 236 ha | -20.5% |
| 2001 | 225 ha | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 221 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 221 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 219 ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 246 ha | +12.3% |
| 2006 | 217 ha | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 218 ha | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 223 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 236 ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 227 ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 233 ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 231 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 235 ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 227 ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 240 ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 232 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 226 ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 217 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 237 ha | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 222 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 224 ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 220 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 231 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 232 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 450.56 ha | 425 ha | 480 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 444.4 ha | 400 ha | 489 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 415.4 ha | 382 ha | 431 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 347.9 ha | 289 ha | 399 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 226.2 ha | 217 ha | 246 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 230.5 ha | 217 ha | 240 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 225.8 ha | 220 ha | 232 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 176 French Polynesia 349 ha compare
- 177 Belize 285 ha compare
- 178 Grenada 234 ha compare
- 180 Barbados 147 ha compare
- 181 Faroe Islands 100 ha compare
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 98 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 325.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.681 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 232 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 489 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 217 ha in 2006.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 179th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.