Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 434,608 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 434,608 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 673,657 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 428,380 ha, in 2022.
United States of America ranks 21st of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 673,657 ha | — |
| 1962 | 627,652 ha | -6.8% |
| 1963 | 605,065 ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 576,431 ha | -4.7% |
| 1965 | 628,294 ha | +9.0% |
| 1966 | 654,807 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 647,690 ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 614,946 ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 628,469 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 629,734 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 611,688 ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 556,860 ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 576,873 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 614,100 ha | +6.5% |
| 1975 | 558,870 ha | -9.0% |
| 1976 | 604,546 ha | +8.2% |
| 1977 | 596,839 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 604,696 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 558,288 ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 508,395 ha | -8.9% |
| 1981 | 545,870 ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 562,243 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 546,673 ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 569,770 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 594,740 ha | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 533,410 ha | -10.3% |
| 1987 | 559,610 ha | +4.9% |
| 1988 | 544,427 ha | -2.7% |
| 1989 | 553,615 ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 591,070 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 587,920 ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 565,770 ha | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 567,250 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 594,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 590,740 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 611,120 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 581,180 ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 595,330 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 572,750 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 583,875 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 532,145 ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 545,773 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 543,345 ha | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 509,574 ha | -6.2% |
| 2005 | 475,499 ha | -6.7% |
| 2006 | 488,813 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 493,722 ha | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 463,202 ha | -6.2% |
| 2009 | 461,886 ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 455,786 ha | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 489,138 ha | +7.3% |
| 2012 | 512,125 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 471,260 ha | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 480,230 ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 488,810 ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 486,158 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 487,300 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 469,240 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 438,821 ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 431,942 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 439,748 ha | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 428,380 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 439,825 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 434,608 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 628,557 ha | 576,431 ha | 673,657 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 591,249 ha | 556,860 ha | 629,734 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 551,875 ha | 508,395 ha | 594,740 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 585,733 ha | 565,770 ha | 611,120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 509,783 ha | 461,886 ha | 583,875 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 477,887 ha | 438,821 ha | 512,125 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 434,901 ha | 428,380 ha | 439,825 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
- 18 Polynesia 7,070 ha compare
- 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
- 19 Micronesia 1,743 ha compare
- 20 Benin 520,628 ha compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,382 ha compare
- 20 Caribbean 509,376 ha compare
- 21 Peru 505,494 ha compare
- 22 Ethiopia PDR 501,700 ha compare
- 23 Bangladesh 484,932 ha compare
- 24 Burundi 472,373 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United States of America?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in United States of America was 434,608 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 States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 673,657 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 428,380 ha in 2022.
- How does United States of America rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.