Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 168,189 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 168,189 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 45.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 168,189 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 107,702 ha, in 2012.
Sudan ranks 46th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 107,702 ha | — |
| 2013 | 107,962 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 115,338 ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 125,148 ha | +8.5% |
| 2016 | 134,652 ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 136,373 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 138,342 ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 141,681 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 145,154 ha | +2.5% |
| 2021 | 149,672 ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 159,697 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 162,031 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 168,189 ha | +3.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 125,900 ha | 107,702 ha | 141,681 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 156,949 ha | 145,154 ha | 168,189 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sudan?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sudan was 168,189 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 168,189 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 107,702 ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 46th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this 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.