Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 158.91 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 158.91 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Eastern Asia peaked at 197.63 million t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 100.19 million t, in 1964.
That places Eastern Asia 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 104.97 million t | — |
| 1962 | 111.65 million t | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 102.93 million t | -7.8% |
| 1964 | 100.19 million t | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 118.50 million t | +18.3% |
| 1966 | 131.37 million t | +10.9% |
| 1967 | 129.44 million t | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 129.22 million t | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 137.59 million t | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 150.01 million t | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 141.34 million t | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 138.01 million t | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 172.75 million t | +25.2% |
| 1974 | 154.94 million t | -10.3% |
| 1975 | 157.22 million t | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 147.48 million t | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 162.45 million t | +10.2% |
| 1978 | 172.29 million t | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 155.93 million t | -9.5% |
| 1980 | 157.32 million t | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 143.35 million t | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 149.15 million t | +4.0% |
| 1983 | 160.09 million t | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 156.26 million t | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 143.87 million t | -7.9% |
| 1986 | 140.57 million t | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 154.37 million t | +9.8% |
| 1988 | 147.45 million t | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 149.30 million t | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 148.91 million t | -0.3% |
| 1991 | 147.97 million t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 154.73 million t | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 170.43 million t | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 163.07 million t | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 174.87 million t | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 188.55 million t | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 172.10 million t | -8.7% |
| 1998 | 192.83 million t | +12.0% |
| 1999 | 195.19 million t | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 197.63 million t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 191.85 million t | -2.9% |
| 2002 | 196.89 million t | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 189.11 million t | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 191.31 million t | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 187.16 million t | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 159.12 million t | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 153.22 million t | -3.7% |
| 2008 | 160.29 million t | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 153.08 million t | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 155.47 million t | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 159.65 million t | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 157.71 million t | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 156.77 million t | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 153.59 million t | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 150.67 million t | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 149.17 million t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 152.47 million t | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 156.17 million t | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 152.93 million t | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 157.37 million t | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 158.76 million t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 156.23 million t | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 157.66 million t | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 158.91 million t | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 118.43 million t | 100.19 million t | 137.59 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 155.24 million t | 138.01 million t | 172.75 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 150.17 million t | 140.57 million t | 160.09 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 170.86 million t | 147.97 million t | 195.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 177.97 million t | 153.08 million t | 197.63 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 154.46 million t | 149.17 million t | 159.65 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 157.79 million t | 156.23 million t | 158.91 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 3 Nigeria 141.87 million t compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.41 million t compare
- 4 India 65.62 million t compare
- 5 USSR 64.84 million t compare
- 6 Ghana 39.94 million t compare
- 7 Thailand 29.13 million t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 11.86 million t compare
- 8 Brazil 24.48 million t compare
- 8 Türkiye 6.90 million t compare
- 9 Ukraine 21.13 million t compare
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -3.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -1.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.2976 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.2031 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.5024 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -3.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Eastern Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Eastern Asia was 158.91 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 197.63 million t in 2000.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 100.19 million t in 1964.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Eastern Asia ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.