Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 2.16 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.16 million t
Change on year
up 8.3%
World rank
57th
of 191 countries
All-time high
2.16 million t
in 2024
All-time low
696,979 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 2.16 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 8.3% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 2.16 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 696,979 t, in 1961.

That places Australia and New Zealand 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year

Annual values for Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 696,979 t
1962 773,443 t +11.0%
1963 910,598 t +17.7%
1964 817,289 t -10.2%
1965 812,247 t -0.6%
1966 929,045 t +14.4%
1967 883,079 t -4.9%
1968 956,585 t +8.3%
1969 1.13 million t +17.6%
1970 1.07 million t -5.1%
1971 1.03 million t -3.4%
1972 1.07 million t +4.1%
1973 1.00 million t -6.7%
1974 869,561 t -13.3%
1975 977,178 t +12.4%
1976 953,439 t -2.4%
1977 1.01 million t +5.7%
1978 1.03 million t +1.9%
1979 1.01 million t -1.8%
1980 1.09 million t +8.1%
1981 1.09 million t -0.2%
1982 1.17 million t +7.3%
1983 1.13 million t -3.5%
1984 1.33 million t +17.7%
1985 1.28 million t -3.8%
1986 1.25 million t -2.4%
1987 1.31 million t +5.2%
1988 1.37 million t +4.2%
1989 1.34 million t -2.1%
1990 1.46 million t +8.9%
1991 1.42 million t -2.6%
1992 1.49 million t +5.2%
1993 1.57 million t +5.0%
1994 1.64 million t +4.5%
1995 1.63 million t -0.2%
1996 1.80 million t +10.0%
1997 1.77 million t -1.7%
1998 1.90 million t +7.7%
1999 1.87 million t -1.9%
2000 1.74 million t -6.5%
2001 1.85 million t +6.0%
2002 1.88 million t +1.8%
2003 1.80 million t -4.3%
2004 1.87 million t +3.8%
2005 1.85 million t -1.2%
2006 1.81 million t -2.0%
2007 1.76 million t -3.1%
2008 1.97 million t +11.9%
2009 1.78 million t -9.5%
2010 1.87 million t +5.0%
2011 1.73 million t -7.5%
2012 1.93 million t +11.5%
2013 1.86 million t -3.4%
2014 1.71 million t -8.3%
2015 1.70 million t -0.2%
2016 1.70 million t -0.3%
2017 1.68 million t -1.3%
2018 1.79 million t +6.7%
2019 1.85 million t +3.5%
2020 1.74 million t -6.0%
2021 2.13 million t +22.5%
2022 2.00 million t -6.4%
2023 2.00 million t +0.1%
2024 2.16 million t +8.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 878,259 t 696,979 t 1.13 million t 9
1970s 1.00 million t 869,561 t 1.07 million t 10
1980s 1.23 million t 1.09 million t 1.37 million t 10
1990s 1.65 million t 1.42 million t 1.90 million t 10
2000s 1.83 million t 1.74 million t 1.97 million t 10
2010s 1.78 million t 1.68 million t 1.93 million t 10
2020s 2.01 million t 1.74 million t 2.16 million t 5

Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand

  1. 54 Argentina 2.42 million t compare
  2. 55 Togo 2.28 million t compare
  3. 56 Morocco 2.21 million t compare
  4. 58 Spain 1.97 million t compare
  5. 59 Papua New Guinea 1.93 million t compare
  6. 60 Senegal 1.84 million t compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is roots and tubers, total — production in Australia and New Zealand?
Roots and tubers, total — production in Australia and New Zealand was 2.16 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 Australia and New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 2.16 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 696,979 t in 1961.
How does Australia and New Zealand rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 57th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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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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.