Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 5,711 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 5,711 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Vanuatu peaked at 6,798 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,100 ha, in 1961.
That places Vanuatu 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,150 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 1,180 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 1,200 ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 1,280 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 1,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 1,450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 1982 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 1,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 2,029 ha | +4.1% |
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | +47.9% |
| 1986 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1987 | 4,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 1988 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 4,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,850 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 5,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1993 | 3,529 ha | -21.6% |
| 1994 | 4,034 ha | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 4,030 ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 4,655 ha | +15.5% |
| 1997 | 4,800 ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 4,789 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 4,836 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 4,900 ha | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 5,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 5,101 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 5,220 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 5,200 ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 5,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 5,450 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 5,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 5,550 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 5,812 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 6,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 6,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 6,347 ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 6,336 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 6,397 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 6,473 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 6,575 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 6,685 ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 6,798 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 6,686 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 5,711 ha | -14.6% |
| 2023 | 5,711 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 5,711 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,184 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,453 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,968 ha | 1,600 ha | 4,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,502 ha | 3,529 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,282 ha | 4,900 ha | 5,550 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,332 ha | 5,812 ha | 6,685 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,123 ha | 5,711 ha | 6,798 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Vanuatu?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Vanuatu was 5,711 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 6,798 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,100 ha in 1961.
- How does Vanuatu rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Vanuatu ranks 142nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.