Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Asia
Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 364.47 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Asia recorded 364.47 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Asia peaked at 365.11 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 134.09 million t, in 1964.
That places Asia 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 135.06 million t | — |
| 1962 | 142.98 million t | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 135.31 million t | -5.4% |
| 1964 | 134.09 million t | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 152.92 million t | +14.0% |
| 1966 | 165.42 million t | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 163.58 million t | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 166.91 million t | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 176.48 million t | +5.7% |
| 1970 | 188.22 million t | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 180.64 million t | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 178.56 million t | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 216.62 million t | +21.3% |
| 1974 | 202.44 million t | -6.5% |
| 1975 | 206.49 million t | +2.0% |
| 1976 | 203.41 million t | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 220.78 million t | +8.5% |
| 1978 | 237.39 million t | +7.5% |
| 1979 | 220.35 million t | -7.2% |
| 1980 | 225.83 million t | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 213.70 million t | -5.4% |
| 1982 | 218.21 million t | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 229.32 million t | +5.1% |
| 1984 | 232.00 million t | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 220.01 million t | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 209.60 million t | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 231.36 million t | +10.4% |
| 1988 | 229.71 million t | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 235.31 million t | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 230.58 million t | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 230.29 million t | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 247.04 million t | +7.3% |
| 1993 | 263.82 million t | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 252.56 million t | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 261.57 million t | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 279.51 million t | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 267.21 million t | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 279.81 million t | +4.7% |
| 1999 | 292.69 million t | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 299.76 million t | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 293.98 million t | -1.9% |
| 2002 | 302.06 million t | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 299.48 million t | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 311.10 million t | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 307.14 million t | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 288.62 million t | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 288.61 million t | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 307.38 million t | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 305.01 million t | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 304.78 million t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 323.28 million t | +6.1% |
| 2012 | 330.33 million t | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 332.71 million t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 336.59 million t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 338.68 million t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 331.65 million t | -2.1% |
| 2017 | 335.98 million t | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 340.13 million t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 338.88 million t | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 342.17 million t | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 359.46 million t | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 362.06 million t | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 365.11 million t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 364.47 million t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152.53 million t | 134.09 million t | 176.48 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 205.49 million t | 178.56 million t | 237.39 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 224.50 million t | 209.60 million t | 235.31 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 260.51 million t | 230.29 million t | 292.69 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 300.31 million t | 288.61 million t | 311.10 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 331.30 million t | 304.78 million t | 340.13 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 358.65 million t | 342.17 million t | 365.11 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Asia was 364.47 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 365.11 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 134.09 million t in 1964.
- How does Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.