Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Americas
Americas: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 81.13 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Americas is 81.13 million t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Americas peaked at 84.17 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 48.40 million t, in 1961.
Americas ranks 10th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48.40 million t | — |
| 1962 | 48.98 million t | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 51.92 million t | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 53.94 million t | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 58.09 million t | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 58.31 million t | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 61.67 million t | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 63.48 million t | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 66.28 million t | +4.4% |
| 1970 | 67.10 million t | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 67.50 million t | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 64.73 million t | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 61.33 million t | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 63.67 million t | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 63.08 million t | -0.9% |
| 1976 | 64.32 million t | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 65.24 million t | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 66.00 million t | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 64.37 million t | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 60.40 million t | -6.2% |
| 1981 | 64.77 million t | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 64.99 million t | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 59.89 million t | -7.8% |
| 1984 | 63.54 million t | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 66.98 million t | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 66.70 million t | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 67.49 million t | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 65.83 million t | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 67.80 million t | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 68.84 million t | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 68.66 million t | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 67.23 million t | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 68.31 million t | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 74.13 million t | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 75.80 million t | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 70.21 million t | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 72.53 million t | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 73.33 million t | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 75.60 million t | +3.1% |
| 2000 | 77.58 million t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 75.60 million t | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 78.47 million t | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 78.94 million t | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 81.26 million t | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 80.30 million t | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 83.05 million t | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 83.88 million t | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 79.66 million t | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 79.24 million t | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 79.96 million t | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 82.03 million t | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 81.29 million t | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 80.56 million t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 83.13 million t | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 84.17 million t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 83.43 million t | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 79.98 million t | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 78.37 million t | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 77.93 million t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 78.28 million t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 78.94 million t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 76.68 million t | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 78.91 million t | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 81.13 million t | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.79 million t | 48.40 million t | 66.28 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 64.73 million t | 61.33 million t | 67.50 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 64.84 million t | 59.89 million t | 67.80 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 71.46 million t | 67.23 million t | 75.80 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 79.80 million t | 75.60 million t | 83.88 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 81.09 million t | 77.93 million t | 84.17 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 78.79 million t | 76.68 million t | 81.13 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
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- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.9626 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.5491 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Americas?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Americas was 81.13 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 84.17 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 48.40 million t in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Americas ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — Production. 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.