Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 50.78 million t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 50.78 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.5% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in European Union (27) peaked at 131.79 million t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 46.78 million t, in 2018.
European Union (27) ranks 14th 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 120.47 million t | — |
| 1962 | 118.96 million t | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 131.79 million t | +10.8% |
| 1964 | 122.57 million t | -7.0% |
| 1965 | 111.11 million t | -9.3% |
| 1966 | 118.65 million t | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 124.99 million t | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 123.59 million t | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 107.35 million t | -13.1% |
| 1970 | 118.44 million t | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 103.74 million t | -12.4% |
| 1972 | 112.32 million t | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 112.49 million t | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 114.69 million t | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 97.86 million t | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 99.68 million t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 101.89 million t | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 106.03 million t | +4.1% |
| 1979 | 109.68 million t | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 79.63 million t | -27.4% |
| 1981 | 97.59 million t | +22.6% |
| 1982 | 85.29 million t | -12.6% |
| 1983 | 82.46 million t | -3.3% |
| 1984 | 97.12 million t | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 98.44 million t | +1.4% |
| 1986 | 95.08 million t | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 93.08 million t | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 89.42 million t | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 87.13 million t | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 84.46 million t | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 71.80 million t | -15.0% |
| 1992 | 74.73 million t | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 90.95 million t | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 69.93 million t | -23.1% |
| 1995 | 74.20 million t | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 83.20 million t | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 72.55 million t | -12.8% |
| 1998 | 73.43 million t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 72.96 million t | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 77.17 million t | +5.8% |
| 2001 | 67.72 million t | -12.2% |
| 2002 | 65.44 million t | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 58.17 million t | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 65.16 million t | +12.0% |
| 2005 | 56.97 million t | -12.6% |
| 2006 | 51.52 million t | -9.6% |
| 2007 | 58.54 million t | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 55.89 million t | -4.5% |
| 2009 | 56.89 million t | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 51.03 million t | -10.3% |
| 2011 | 57.46 million t | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 50.36 million t | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 49.05 million t | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 54.94 million t | +12.0% |
| 2015 | 48.37 million t | -12.0% |
| 2016 | 51.28 million t | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 56.43 million t | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 46.78 million t | -17.1% |
| 2019 | 51.09 million t | +9.2% |
| 2020 | 53.02 million t | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 50.45 million t | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 47.46 million t | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 48.13 million t | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 50.78 million t | +5.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 119.94 million t | 107.35 million t | 131.79 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 107.68 million t | 97.86 million t | 118.44 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 90.52 million t | 79.63 million t | 98.44 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76.82 million t | 69.93 million t | 90.95 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 61.35 million t | 51.52 million t | 77.17 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 51.68 million t | 46.78 million t | 57.46 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.97 million t | 47.46 million t | 53.02 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 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
- 17 Cameroon 10.20 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 55,054 t compare
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 10.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in European Union (27)?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in European Union (27) was 50.78 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 131.79 million t in 1963.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 46.78 million t in 2018.
- How does European Union (27) rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- European Union (27) ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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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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.