Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 366 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
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 Suriname is 366 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.2% on the previous year and down 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 916 ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 192 ha, in 2008.
Suriname ranks 174th 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 346 ha | — |
| 1962 | 359 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 307 ha | -14.5% |
| 1964 | 361 ha | +17.6% |
| 1965 | 306 ha | -15.2% |
| 1966 | 237 ha | -22.5% |
| 1967 | 310 ha | +30.8% |
| 1968 | 419 ha | +35.2% |
| 1969 | 379 ha | -9.5% |
| 1970 | 276 ha | -27.2% |
| 1971 | 387 ha | +40.2% |
| 1972 | 360 ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 358 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 433 ha | +20.9% |
| 1975 | 418 ha | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 461 ha | +10.3% |
| 1977 | 483 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 405 ha | -16.1% |
| 1979 | 471 ha | +16.3% |
| 1980 | 597 ha | +26.8% |
| 1981 | 916 ha | +53.4% |
| 1982 | 496 ha | -45.9% |
| 1983 | 563 ha | +13.5% |
| 1984 | 765 ha | +35.9% |
| 1985 | 601 ha | -21.4% |
| 1986 | 535 ha | -11.0% |
| 1987 | 330 ha | -38.3% |
| 1988 | 207 ha | -37.3% |
| 1989 | 213 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 250 ha | +17.4% |
| 1991 | 255 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 342 ha | +34.1% |
| 1993 | 602 ha | +76.0% |
| 1994 | 627 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 553 ha | -11.8% |
| 1996 | 381 ha | -31.1% |
| 1997 | 394 ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 341 ha | -13.5% |
| 1999 | 309 ha | -9.4% |
| 2000 | 287 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 355 ha | +23.7% |
| 2002 | 273 ha | -23.1% |
| 2003 | 268 ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 276 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 289 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 299 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 235 ha | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 192 ha | -18.3% |
| 2009 | 202 ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 227 ha | +12.4% |
| 2011 | 215 ha | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 298 ha | +38.6% |
| 2013 | 404 ha | +35.6% |
| 2014 | 464 ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 435 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 490 ha | +12.6% |
| 2017 | 497 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 493 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 495 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 419 ha | -15.4% |
| 2021 | 372 ha | -11.2% |
| 2022 | 392 ha | +5.4% |
| 2023 | 382 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 366 ha | -4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 336 ha | 237 ha | 419 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 405.2 ha | 276 ha | 483 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 522.3 ha | 207 ha | 916 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 405.4 ha | 250 ha | 627 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 267.6 ha | 192 ha | 355 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 401.8 ha | 215 ha | 497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 386.2 ha | 366 ha | 419 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Suriname?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Suriname was 366 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 916 ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 192 ha in 2008.
- How does Suriname rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 174th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname 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.