Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 47 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 47 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 6.0% on the previous year and down 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United Arab Emirates peaked at 859 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
United Arab Emirates ranks 184th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 19 ha | — |
| 1976 | 25 ha | +31.6% |
| 1977 | 37 ha | +48.0% |
| 1978 | 109 ha | +194.6% |
| 1979 | 180 ha | +65.1% |
| 1980 | 65 ha | -63.9% |
| 1981 | 165 ha | +153.8% |
| 1982 | 213 ha | +29.1% |
| 1983 | 266 ha | +24.9% |
| 1984 | 313 ha | +17.7% |
| 1985 | 413 ha | +31.9% |
| 1986 | 260 ha | -37.0% |
| 1987 | 245 ha | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 261 ha | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 244 ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 182 ha | -25.4% |
| 1991 | 204 ha | +12.1% |
| 1992 | 308 ha | +51.0% |
| 1993 | 333 ha | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 174 ha | -47.7% |
| 1995 | 178 ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 205 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 270 ha | +31.7% |
| 1998 | 271 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 270 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 859 ha | +218.1% |
| 2001 | 511 ha | -40.5% |
| 2002 | 495 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 270 ha | -45.5% |
| 2004 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 238 ha | -15.0% |
| 2011 | 201 ha | -15.5% |
| 2012 | 174 ha | -13.4% |
| 2013 | 141 ha | -19.0% |
| 2014 | 63 ha | -55.3% |
| 2015 | 115 ha | +82.5% |
| 2016 | 128 ha | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 14 ha | -89.1% |
| 2018 | 18 ha | +28.6% |
| 2019 | 186 ha | +933.3% |
| 2020 | 42 ha | -77.4% |
| 2021 | 74 ha | +76.2% |
| 2022 | 50 ha | -32.4% |
| 2023 | 50 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 47 ha | -6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37 ha | 0 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 244.5 ha | 65 ha | 413 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 239.5 ha | 174 ha | 333 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 376.5 ha | 270 ha | 859 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 127.8 ha | 14 ha | 238 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.6 ha | 42 ha | 74 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 181 Faroe Islands 100 ha compare
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 98 ha compare
- 183 Qatar 49 ha compare
- 185 Tuvalu 21 ha compare
- 186 Seychelles 20 ha compare
- 187 Cook Islands 16 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1404 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United Arab Emirates?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United Arab Emirates was 47 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 United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 859 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 184th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.