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

Latest (2024)
434,608 ha
Change on year
down 1.2%
Rank
21st
of 29 groups
All-time high
673,657 ha
in 1961
All-time low
428,380 ha
in 2022
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961–2024

0200.0k400.0k600.0k196119922024

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

Annual values for Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in United States of America, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 18 Madagascar 552,781 ha compare
  2. 18 Polynesia 7,070 ha compare
  3. 19 Guinea 531,646 ha compare
  4. 19 Micronesia 1,743 ha compare
  5. 20 Benin 520,628 ha compare
  6. 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,382 ha compare
  7. 20 Caribbean 509,376 ha compare
  8. 21 Peru 505,494 ha compare
  9. 22 Ethiopia PDR 501,700 ha compare
  10. 23 Bangladesh 484,932 ha compare
  11. 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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Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,936 data points, 1961–2024
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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.