Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 1,532 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Faroe Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in Faroe Islands stood at 1,532 t.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Faroe Islands peaked at 1,856 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 1,006 t, in 1975.
Faroe Islands ranks 178th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,737 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,651 t | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 1,856 t | +12.4% |
| 1964 | 1,529 t | -17.6% |
| 1965 | 1,429 t | -6.5% |
| 1966 | 1,614 t | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 1,428 t | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 1,483 t | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 1,227 t | -17.3% |
| 1970 | 1,636 t | +33.3% |
| 1971 | 1,301 t | -20.5% |
| 1972 | 1,176 t | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 1,058 t | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 1,065 t | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 1,006 t | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 1,355 t | +34.7% |
| 1977 | 1,300 t | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,330 t | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 1,350 t | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 1,400 t | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,450 t | +3.6% |
| 1991 | 1,479 t | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 1,518 t | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,508 t | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,513 t | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 1,514 t | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,512 t | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,508 t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,502 t | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,494 t | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 1,485 t | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 1,475 t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,462 t | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1,452 t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,443 t | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,435 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 1,428 t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,400 t | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 1,424 t | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,428 t | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,415 t | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,457 t | +3.0% |
| 2012 | 1,500 t | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 1,600 t | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 1,693 t | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 1,391 t | -17.8% |
| 2016 | 1,562 t | +12.2% |
| 2017 | 1,522 t | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 1,518 t | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,513 t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,512 t | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,518 t | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,526 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,529 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,532 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,550 t | 1,227 t | 1,856 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,250 t | 1,006 t | 1,636 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,358 t | 1,300 t | 1,400 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,500 t | 1,450 t | 1,518 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,443 t | 1,400 t | 1,485 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,517 t | 1,391 t | 1,693 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,523 t | 1,512 t | 1,532 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0936 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Faroe Islands?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Faroe Islands was 1,532 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 1,856 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,006 t in 1975.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Faroe Islands ranks 178th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.