Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 2.05 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, 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 United Republic of Tanzania is 2.05 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 5.5% on the previous year and up 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 2.17 million ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 606,700 ha, in 1961.
United Republic of Tanzania ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 606,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 618,700 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 625,700 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 637,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 650,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 661,900 ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 670,400 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 709,900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1969 | 758,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 755,500 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 747,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1972 | 816,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 931,000 ha | +14.1% |
| 1974 | 1.04 million ha | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 882,100 ha | -14.9% |
| 1976 | 772,857 ha | -12.4% |
| 1977 | 660,842 ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 682,806 ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 695,597 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 696,700 ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 639,625 ha | -8.2% |
| 1982 | 770,786 ha | +20.5% |
| 1983 | 851,680 ha | +10.5% |
| 1984 | 855,134 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 1.10 million ha | +29.2% |
| 1986 | 1.01 million ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 1.01 million ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 942,645 ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 1.02 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1990 | 967,811 ha | -4.7% |
| 1991 | 908,192 ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 954,255 ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 946,211 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 988,447 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 953,032 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 954,064 ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 1.00 million ha | +4.8% |
| 1998 | 1.19 million ha | +19.4% |
| 1999 | 1.02 million ha | -15.0% |
| 2000 | 1.29 million ha | +27.5% |
| 2001 | 1.25 million ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 1.16 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 1.09 million ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 1.56 million ha | +43.8% |
| 2005 | 1.50 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 1.63 million ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 1.28 million ha | -21.4% |
| 2008 | 1.19 million ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 1.93 million ha | +62.2% |
| 2010 | 1.62 million ha | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 1.64 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 1.78 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2013 | 1.86 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2014 | 1.73 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2015 | 2.02 million ha | +16.8% |
| 2016 | 1.83 million ha | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 2.10 million ha | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 1.61 million ha | -23.3% |
| 2019 | 1.63 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 1.79 million ha | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 1.96 million ha | +9.6% |
| 2022 | 1.99 million ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 2.17 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 2.05 million ha | -5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 659,867 ha | 606,700 ha | 758,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 797,970 ha | 660,842 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 890,039 ha | 639,625 ha | 1.10 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 988,134 ha | 908,192 ha | 1.19 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.39 million ha | 1.09 million ha | 1.93 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.78 million ha | 1.61 million ha | 2.10 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.99 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 2.17 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 2 China 7.30 million ha compare
- 3 China, mainland 7.28 million ha compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.03 million ha compare
- 4 USSR 6.01 million ha compare
- 5 India 2.65 million ha compare
- 6 Ghana 1.94 million ha compare
- 7 Thailand 1.45 million ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 618,234 ha compare
- 8 Brazil 1.45 million ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 450,543 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania was 2.05 million 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 Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 2.17 million ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 606,700 ha in 1961.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.