Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic
Syrian Arab Republic: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 28,124 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, 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 Syrian Arab Republic is 28,124 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.5% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic peaked at 36,172 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1961.
Syrian Arab Republic ranks 15th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,096 ha | +23.8% |
| 1963 | 3,538 ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 4,795 ha | +35.5% |
| 1965 | 4,445 ha | -7.3% |
| 1966 | 4,434 ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 3,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 1968 | 4,415 ha | +26.1% |
| 1969 | 4,463 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 5,876 ha | +31.7% |
| 1971 | 5,900 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 7,776 ha | +31.8% |
| 1973 | 8,301 ha | +6.8% |
| 1974 | 8,414 ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 9,452 ha | +12.3% |
| 1976 | 9,886 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 12,830 ha | +29.8% |
| 1978 | 14,587 ha | +13.7% |
| 1979 | 14,330 ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 18,851 ha | +31.5% |
| 1981 | 22,195 ha | +17.7% |
| 1982 | 16,889 ha | -23.9% |
| 1983 | 20,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 1984 | 18,400 ha | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 18,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1986 | 22,700 ha | +26.1% |
| 1987 | 19,658 ha | -13.4% |
| 1988 | 23,700 ha | +20.6% |
| 1989 | 22,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 22,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 24,262 ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 24,400 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 20,394 ha | -16.4% |
| 1994 | 21,258 ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 23,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 22,252 ha | -3.3% |
| 1997 | 17,943 ha | -19.4% |
| 1998 | 22,177 ha | +23.6% |
| 1999 | 24,779 ha | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 22,783 ha | -8.1% |
| 2001 | 21,243 ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 24,101 ha | +13.5% |
| 2003 | 24,750 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 27,304 ha | +10.3% |
| 2005 | 29,500 ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 27,720 ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 31,082 ha | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 36,172 ha | +16.4% |
| 2009 | 34,855 ha | -3.6% |
| 2010 | 34,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 35,351 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 34,012 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 22,439 ha | -34.0% |
| 2014 | 29,878 ha | +33.2% |
| 2015 | 22,876 ha | -23.4% |
| 2016 | 22,369 ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 24,376 ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 22,229 ha | -8.8% |
| 2019 | 24,795 ha | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 27,489 ha | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 26,424 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 23,864 ha | -9.7% |
| 2023 | 24,779 ha | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 28,124 ha | +13.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,910 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,795 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,735 ha | 5,876 ha | 14,587 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,299 ha | 16,889 ha | 23,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,306 ha | 17,943 ha | 24,779 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,951 ha | 21,243 ha | 36,172 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,282 ha | 22,229 ha | 35,351 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,136 ha | 23,864 ha | 28,124 ha | 5 |
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- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 42.66 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Syrian Arab Republic was 28,124 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 Syrian Arab Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 36,172 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Syrian Arab Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Syrian Arab Republic rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Syrian Arab Republic ranks 15th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Syrian Arab Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Syrian Arab Republic 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.