Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 21 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Tuvalu, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tuvalu stood at 21 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tuvalu peaked at 22 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 18 ha, in 1993.
Tuvalu ranks 185th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 20 ha | — |
| 1992 | 19 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 18 ha | -5.3% |
| 1994 | 19 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20 ha | +5.3% |
| 2002 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 2004 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 22 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 21 ha | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 20 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 21 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 21 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 19 ha | 18 ha | 20 ha | 9 |
| 2000s | 20.7 ha | 19 ha | 22 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.8 ha | 20 ha | 21 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21 ha | 21 ha | 21 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 98 ha compare
- 183 Qatar 49 ha compare
- 184 United Arab Emirates 47 ha compare
- 186 Seychelles 20 ha compare
- 187 Cook Islands 16 ha compare
- 188 Maldives 9 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tuvalu
- Rural population, per capita 0.3456 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 534.44 current US$ per person (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1594 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -17.15 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2008)
- Rural population 34.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.9% (2015)
- Rural population growth -3.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tuvalu?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Tuvalu was 21 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 Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 22 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 ha in 1993.
- How does Tuvalu rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Tuvalu ranks 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.