Roots and Tubers, Total — Production by country
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...
Countries reporting
210
Highest
153.49 million t
China
Lowest
15.83 t
Singapore
Median
584,210 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,982
What the numbers show
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 153.49 million t in China; the lowest is 15.83 t in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 584,210 t, and the mean is 5.54 million t.
Over the past decade 113 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 3,273.3%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 74.4%).
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 153.49 million t | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 153.18 million t | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 141.87 million t | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 4 | India | 65.62 million t | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 48.41 million t | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 5 | USSR | 64.84 million t | 1991 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 13.33 million t | 2024 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 6 | Ghana | 39.94 million t | 2024 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 12.57 million t | 2024 | up 235.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Thailand | 29.13 million t | 2024 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Viet Nam | 11.86 million t | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Brazil | 24.48 million t | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 8 | Türkiye | 6.90 million t | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 9 | Ukraine | 21.13 million t | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 10 | Indonesia | 18.76 million t | 2024 | down 32.0% | rising |
| 10 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2.92 million t | 2024 | down 41.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 18.45 million t | 2024 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 11 | Melanesia | 2.43 million t | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 12 | Malawi | 15.72 million t | 2024 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1.65 million t | 2024 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 14.58 million t | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.20 million t | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 14 | Cambodia | 14.34 million t | 2024 | up 19.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 989,657 t | 2024 | down 49.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Germany | 12.70 million t | 2024 | up 9.4% | falling |
| 15 | Syrian Arab Republic | 671,811 t | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 10.90 million t | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Republic of Moldova | 135,372 t | 2024 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 10.20 million t | 2024 | up 37.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Polynesia | 55,054 t | 2024 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 18 | Mozambique | 9.59 million t | 2024 | up 97.2% | rising |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 50,708 t | 2024 | down 21.4% | flat |
| 19 | France | 9.24 million t | 2024 | up 13.6% | falling |
| 19 | Micronesia | 13,715 t | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 16.34 million t | 2024 | up 54.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Pakistan | 9.08 million t | 2024 | up 184.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 11,788 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 21 | Egypt | 8.65 million t | 2024 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Peru | 8.58 million t | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 23 | Benin | 7.92 million t | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 24 | Ethiopia | 7.11 million t | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Canada | 6.51 million t | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 26 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 6.37 million t | 2024 | down 10.3% | rising |
| 27 | Poland | 5.92 million t | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 5.52 million t | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 28 | Caribbean | 3.10 million t | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 29 | Algeria | 4.60 million t | 2024 | down 1.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Cabo Verde | 6,606 t | 2024 | down 65.4% | rising |
| 30 | Guinea | 4.51 million t | 2024 | up 130.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 4.35 million t | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 32 | Kenya | 4.29 million t | 2024 | up 30.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 4.15 million t | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 34 | Burundi | 4.11 million t | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 35 | Belgium | 3.98 million t | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 36 | Rwanda | 3.79 million t | 2024 | up 41.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 3.72 million t | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 38 | Nepal | 3.68 million t | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Ethiopia PDR | 3.40 million t | 1992 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 40 | Japan | 3.29 million t | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 41 | Zambia | 3.25 million t | 2024 | up 194.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 3.20 million t | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Uganda | 3.12 million t | 2024 | down 35.2% | rising |
| 44 | Belarus | 3.11 million t | 2024 | down 44.1% | falling |
| 45 | Paraguay | 3.10 million t | 2024 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 46 | Philippines | 3.10 million t | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 47 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3.01 million t | 1999 | up 84.9% | rising |
| 48 | Denmark | 3.00 million t | 2024 | up 72.9% | rising |
| 49 | South Africa | 2.69 million t | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Kazakhstan | 2.63 million t | 2024 | up 54.1% | rising |
| 51 | Czechoslovakia | 2.63 million t | 1992 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 52 | Yugoslav SFR | 2.53 million t | 1991 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 53 | Mexico | 2.44 million t | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 54 | Argentina | 2.42 million t | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 55 | Togo | 2.28 million t | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 56 | Morocco | 2.21 million t | 2024 | up 12.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Australia and New Zealand | 2.16 million t | 2024 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 58 | Spain | 1.97 million t | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 59 | Papua New Guinea | 1.93 million t | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 60 | Senegal | 1.84 million t | 2024 | up 661.1% | volatile |
| 61 | Congo | 1.81 million t | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 62 | Niger | 1.77 million t | 2024 | up 501.2% | volatile |
| 63 | South Sudan | 1.76 million t | 2024 | up 342.0% | rising |
| 64 | Australia | 1.62 million t | 2024 | up 29.9% | rising |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 1.49 million t | 2024 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 66 | Italy | 1.41 million t | 2024 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 1.26 million t | 2024 | up 48.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Chile | 1.26 million t | 2024 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 69 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.19 million t | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 70 | Cuba | 1.19 million t | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 71 | Zimbabwe | 1.15 million t | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Mali | 1.14 million t | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.10 million t | 2005 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 74 | Romania | 1.05 million t | 2024 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 75 | Sudan | 994,549 t | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 954,005 t | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 77 | Afghanistan | 908,218 t | 2024 | up 166.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Haiti | 896,769 t | 2024 | down 47.1% | rising |
| 79 | Republic of Korea | 883,052 t | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Sweden | 879,800 t | 2024 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 81 | Turkmenistan | 824,320 t | 2024 | up 161.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Myanmar | 734,972 t | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Sudan (former) | 712,685 t | 2011 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 84 | Chad | 708,230 t | 2024 | up 90.0% | rising |
| 85 | Austria | 693,640 t | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Liberia | 681,541 t | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 87 | Czechia | 655,510 t | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 88 | Gabon | 628,886 t | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 89 | Saudi Arabia | 625,071 t | 2024 | up 172.4% | volatile |
| 90 | Dominican Republic | 615,761 t | 2024 | up 79.1% | rising |
| 91 | Serbia | 615,582 t | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 92 | Lebanon | 611,428 t | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Guatemala | 556,993 t | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Finland | 553,100 t | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 95 | New Zealand | 543,329 t | 2024 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 96 | Israel | 492,436 t | 2024 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Tunisia | 466,090 t | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 432,205 t | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 99 | Nicaragua | 400,582 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Namibia | 393,878 t | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 387,349 t | 2024 | up 28.9% | flat |
| 102 | Switzerland | 370,665 t | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 103 | Libya | 369,147 t | 2024 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Ireland | 368,340 t | 2024 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Portugal | 357,550 t | 2024 | down 37.8% | falling |
| 106 | Norway | 354,900 t | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 107 | Armenia | 337,683 t | 2024 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 108 | Ecuador | 336,937 t | 2024 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 109 | Greece | 332,910 t | 2024 | down 46.0% | falling |
| 110 | China, Taiwan Province of | 318,055 t | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Yemen | 313,077 t | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Jamaica | 310,014 t | 2024 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 113 | Albania | 277,824 t | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 114 | Lithuania | 265,330 t | 2024 | down 43.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Mongolia | 251,405 t | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Hungary | 234,350 t | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 117 | Burkina Faso | 229,609 t | 2024 | up 95.1% | rising |
| 118 | Georgia | 221,500 t | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 119 | Equatorial Guinea | 219,367 t | 2024 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Fiji | 210,957 t | 2024 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Iraq | 205,937 t | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 204,719 t | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Solomon Islands | 203,497 t | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 124 | North Macedonia | 200,983 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 125 | Guinea-Bissau | 182,295 t | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Slovakia | 170,630 t | 2024 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Jordan | 161,367 t | 2024 | down 20.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Uruguay | 148,552 t | 2024 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 129 | Guyana | 147,238 t | 2024 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 130 | Croatia | 133,860 t | 2024 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Lesotho | 132,750 t | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | 130,700 t | 2024 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 133 | Comoros | 118,129 t | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 134 | Malaysia | 115,317 t | 2024 | up 7.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Bulgaria | 113,940 t | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 136 | Botswana | 110,966 t | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 137 | Somalia | 107,303 t | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Honduras | 91,096 t | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Panama | 87,844 t | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 140 | Palestine | 85,620 t | 2022 | up 123.2% | rising |
| 141 | Vanuatu | 83,263 t | 2024 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 142 | Cyprus | 81,750 t | 2024 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 143 | El Salvador | 79,461 t | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Eswatini | 77,953 t | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 145 | Slovenia | 74,640 t | 2024 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 146 | Bhutan | 74,233 t | 2024 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 147 | Estonia | 69,330 t | 2024 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Eritrea | 52,445 t | 2024 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 149 | Dominica | 49,299 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 150 | French Guiana | 33,509 t | 2006 | up 131.6% | rising |
| 151 | Montenegro | 33,178 t | 2024 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Tonga | 24,401 t | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 153 | Samoa | 22,298 t | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 154 | Mauritius | 21,307 t | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 17,730 t | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 156 | Kuwait | 16,012 t | 2024 | down 66.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Oman | 14,086 t | 2024 | up 161.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Sao Tome and Principe | 13,893 t | 2024 | up 35.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Gambia | 12,212 t | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 160 | Guadeloupe | 11,979 t | 2006 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 161 | Mauritania | 10,740 t | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 162 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,523 t | 2024 | down 34.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Réunion | 7,710 t | 2006 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 164 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7,661 t | 2024 | down 36.2% | falling |
| 165 | Malta | 6,910 t | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 166 | Suriname | 6,314 t | 2024 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Martinique | 6,044 t | 2006 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 168 | New Caledonia | 5,753 t | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Iceland | 5,514 t | 2024 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 170 | Puerto Rico | 5,221 t | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 171 | Saint Lucia | 4,292 t | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 172 | French Polynesia | 4,263 t | 2024 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 173 | Niue | 3,433 t | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 174 | Barbados | 2,874 t | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Bahamas | 2,632 t | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 176 | Belize | 2,298 t | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 177 | Kiribati | 1,927 t | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Faroe Islands | 1,532 t | 2024 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,237 t | 2024 | down 67.5% | rising |
| 180 | Grenada | 1,197 t | 2024 | down 74.4% | falling |
| 181 | United Arab Emirates | 1,086 t | 2024 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Qatar | 964.76 t | 2024 | up 3,273.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 689.17 t | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 385.51 t | 2024 | down 33.1% | rising |
| 185 | Cook Islands | 321.86 t | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Seychelles | 241.36 t | 2024 | up 10.4% | falling |
| 187 | Tuvalu | 147.39 t | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 188 | Bahrain | 80 t | 2024 | up 115.4% | volatile |
| 189 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 60.75 t | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 190 | Maldives | 21.73 t | 2024 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Singapore | 15.83 t | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 944.10 million t
- Asia 364.47 million t
- Africa 392.54 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 201.11 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 256.48 million t
- Middle Africa 78.06 million t
- Western Africa 221.94 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 170.16 million t
- Eastern Asia 158.91 million t
- Europe 101.28 million t
- Southern Asia 93.62 million t
- South-eastern Asia 90.66 million t
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 6.14 million t
- Americas 81.13 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 79.15 million t
- Eastern Africa 71.86 million t
- Eastern Europe 50.97 million t
- European Union (27) 50.78 million t
- South America 47.47 million t
- Western Europe 33.37 million t
- Northern America 26.69 million t
- United States of America 20.18 million t
- Northern Africa 17.28 million t
- Western Asia 11.65 million t
- Northern Europe 11.14 million t
- Central Asia 9.63 million t
- Southern Europe 5.80 million t
- Oceania 4.66 million t
- Central America 3.87 million t
- Southern Africa 3.41 million t
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.