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
191
Highest
153.49 million t
China (People’s Republic of)
Lowest
15.83 t
Singapore
Median
492,436 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
13,982

What the numbers show

Roots and Tubers, Total — Production is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 153.49 million t in China (People’s Republic of); the lowest is 15.83 t in Singapore.

The median across all reporting countries is 492,436 t, and the mean is 5.45 million t.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 87 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China (People’s Republic of) 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
5 USSR 64.84 million t 1991 down 10.1% falling
6 Ghana 39.94 million t 2024 up 51.5% volatile
7 Thailand 29.13 million t 2024 down 4.4% volatile
8 Brazil 24.48 million t 2024 down 11.7% falling
9 Ukraine 21.13 million t 2024 down 10.8% rising
10 Indonesia 18.76 million t 2024 down 32.0% rising
11 Russian Federation 18.45 million t 2024 down 41.4% falling
12 Malawi 15.72 million t 2024 up 52.1% volatile
13 Angola 14.58 million t 2024 up 42.4% volatile
14 Cambodia 14.34 million t 2024 up 19.2% volatile
15 Germany 12.70 million t 2024 up 9.4% falling
16 Bangladesh 10.90 million t 2024 up 18.4% volatile
17 Cameroon 10.20 million t 2024 up 37.7% volatile
18 Mozambique 9.59 million t 2024 up 97.2% rising
19 France 9.24 million t 2024 up 13.6% falling
20 Pakistan 9.08 million t 2024 up 184.0% volatile
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
29 Algeria 4.60 million t 2024 down 1.6% volatile
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, State of 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

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 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.