Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 50.97 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 50.97 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.1% on the previous year and down 30.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Eastern Europe peaked at 169.55 million t in 1973 and was at its lowest, 50.97 million t, in 2024.
Eastern Europe ranks 13th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 140.00 million t | — |
| 1962 | 117.61 million t | -16.0% |
| 1963 | 128.62 million t | +9.4% |
| 1964 | 154.25 million t | +19.9% |
| 1965 | 139.26 million t | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 146.18 million t | +5.0% |
| 1967 | 155.05 million t | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 164.73 million t | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 146.43 million t | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 156.13 million t | +6.6% |
| 1971 | 143.06 million t | -8.4% |
| 1972 | 137.69 million t | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 169.55 million t | +23.1% |
| 1974 | 140.25 million t | -17.3% |
| 1975 | 143.36 million t | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 145.81 million t | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 134.80 million t | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 143.51 million t | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 150.75 million t | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 101.75 million t | -32.5% |
| 1981 | 124.91 million t | +22.8% |
| 1982 | 120.68 million t | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 128.43 million t | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 135.29 million t | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 121.46 million t | -10.2% |
| 1986 | 136.68 million t | +12.5% |
| 1987 | 120.77 million t | -11.6% |
| 1988 | 106.46 million t | -11.9% |
| 1989 | 116.07 million t | +9.0% |
| 1990 | 107.30 million t | -7.6% |
| 1991 | 100.09 million t | -6.7% |
| 1992 | 98.30 million t | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 115.68 million t | +17.7% |
| 1994 | 87.72 million t | -24.2% |
| 1995 | 95.97 million t | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 102.31 million t | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 86.71 million t | -15.2% |
| 1998 | 85.13 million t | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 75.98 million t | -10.7% |
| 2000 | 89.21 million t | +17.4% |
| 2001 | 81.33 million t | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 73.65 million t | -9.4% |
| 2003 | 76.55 million t | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 79.68 million t | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 72.62 million t | -8.9% |
| 2006 | 71.34 million t | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 72.71 million t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 73.57 million t | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 73.65 million t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 61.17 million t | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 79.72 million t | +30.3% |
| 2012 | 72.96 million t | -8.5% |
| 2013 | 70.56 million t | -3.3% |
| 2014 | 73.81 million t | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 70.03 million t | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 62.32 million t | -11.0% |
| 2017 | 62.88 million t | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 61.10 million t | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 57.33 million t | -6.2% |
| 2020 | 55.11 million t | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 53.01 million t | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 52.35 million t | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 52.61 million t | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 50.97 million t | -3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 143.57 million t | 117.61 million t | 164.73 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 146.49 million t | 134.80 million t | 169.55 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 121.25 million t | 101.75 million t | 136.68 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 95.52 million t | 75.98 million t | 115.68 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.43 million t | 71.34 million t | 89.21 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 67.19 million t | 57.33 million t | 79.72 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.81 million t | 50.97 million t | 55.11 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 10 Indonesia 18.76 million t compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.92 million t compare
- 11 Russian Federation 18.45 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 2.43 million t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1.65 million t compare
- 12 Malawi 15.72 million t compare
- 13 Angola 14.58 million t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1.20 million t compare
- 14 Cambodia 14.34 million t compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 989,657 t compare
- 15 Germany 12.70 million t compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 671,811 t compare
- 16 Bangladesh 10.90 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 135,372 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Europe
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -8.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -2.4 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 4.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -3.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.646 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -5.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Eastern Europe?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Eastern Europe was 50.97 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 169.55 million t in 1973.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 50.97 million t in 2024.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Eastern Europe ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.