Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 393,305 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Western Asia, 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 Western Asia is 393,305 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 9.6% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 481,601 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 167,157 ha, in 1962.
Western Asia ranks 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 174,102 ha | — |
| 1962 | 167,157 ha | -4.0% |
| 1963 | 174,202 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 177,275 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 175,654 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 181,858 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 182,845 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 183,282 ha | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 191,743 ha | +4.6% |
| 1970 | 191,623 ha | -0.1% |
| 1971 | 206,238 ha | +7.6% |
| 1972 | 213,750 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 221,443 ha | +3.6% |
| 1974 | 225,609 ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 215,141 ha | -4.6% |
| 1976 | 229,144 ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 229,099 ha | -0.0% |
| 1978 | 232,169 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 221,323 ha | -4.7% |
| 1980 | 239,592 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 243,567 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 238,703 ha | -2.0% |
| 1983 | 246,423 ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 249,161 ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 268,902 ha | +7.9% |
| 1986 | 262,299 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 263,269 ha | +0.4% |
| 1988 | 270,034 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 265,553 ha | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 274,075 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 286,043 ha | +4.4% |
| 1992 | 353,818 ha | +23.7% |
| 1993 | 364,354 ha | +3.0% |
| 1994 | 370,749 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 394,027 ha | +6.3% |
| 1996 | 414,169 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 427,876 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 437,001 ha | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 465,690 ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 456,210 ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 450,816 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 475,046 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 481,601 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 466,083 ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 466,229 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 445,317 ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 430,352 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 442,563 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 406,072 ha | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 382,779 ha | -5.7% |
| 2011 | 413,908 ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 453,290 ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 393,608 ha | -13.2% |
| 2014 | 384,974 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 384,652 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 377,493 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 366,923 ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 354,146 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 360,779 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 381,098 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 365,556 ha | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 364,552 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 359,010 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 393,305 ha | +9.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 178,680 ha | 167,157 ha | 191,743 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 218,554 ha | 191,623 ha | 232,169 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 254,750 ha | 238,703 ha | 270,034 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 378,780 ha | 274,075 ha | 465,690 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 452,029 ha | 406,072 ha | 481,601 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 387,255 ha | 354,146 ha | 453,290 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 372,704 ha | 359,010 ha | 393,305 ha | 5 |
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- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 12.19 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Western Asia was 393,305 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 481,601 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 167,157 ha in 1962.
- How does Western Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.