Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 2.92 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 2.92 million t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 25.0% on the previous year and down 41.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 5.14 million t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 269,000 t, in 1966.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 10th of 20 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 300,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 350,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 350,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 350,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 269,000 t | -23.1% |
| 1967 | 423,000 t | +57.2% |
| 1968 | 424,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 437,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 415,000 t | -5.0% |
| 1971 | 400,000 t | -3.6% |
| 1972 | 420,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 481,000 t | +14.5% |
| 1974 | 533,000 t | +10.8% |
| 1975 | 550,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 570,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 696,900 t | +22.3% |
| 1978 | 735,000 t | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 973,169 t | +32.4% |
| 1980 | 1.34 million t | +37.5% |
| 1981 | 1.54 million t | +15.0% |
| 1982 | 1.81 million t | +17.8% |
| 1983 | 1.74 million t | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 1.78 million t | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 1.73 million t | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 2.35 million t | +36.0% |
| 1987 | 2.35 million t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1.44 million t | -38.5% |
| 1989 | 2.03 million t | +40.8% |
| 1990 | 2.52 million t | +23.8% |
| 1991 | 2.61 million t | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 2.71 million t | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 3.22 million t | +19.0% |
| 1994 | 3.18 million t | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 3.07 million t | -3.5% |
| 1996 | 3.14 million t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 3.28 million t | +4.6% |
| 1998 | 3.43 million t | +4.5% |
| 1999 | 3.43 million t | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 3.66 million t | +6.6% |
| 2001 | 3.49 million t | -4.7% |
| 2002 | 3.76 million t | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 4.21 million t | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 4.45 million t | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 4.83 million t | +8.4% |
| 2006 | 4.22 million t | -12.7% |
| 2007 | 4.03 million t | -4.6% |
| 2008 | 4.73 million t | +17.5% |
| 2009 | 4.11 million t | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 4.28 million t | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 4.71 million t | +10.1% |
| 2012 | 5.07 million t | +7.7% |
| 2013 | 4.60 million t | -9.3% |
| 2014 | 4.99 million t | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 5.14 million t | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 5.00 million t | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 4.12 million t | -17.6% |
| 2018 | 3.57 million t | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 3.56 million t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 3.46 million t | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 3.21 million t | -7.1% |
| 2022 | 2.60 million t | -19.2% |
| 2023 | 2.34 million t | -10.0% |
| 2024 | 2.92 million t | +25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 355,889 t | 269,000 t | 437,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 577,407 t | 400,000 t | 973,169 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.81 million t | 1.34 million t | 2.35 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 3.06 million t | 2.52 million t | 3.43 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.15 million t | 3.49 million t | 4.83 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.50 million t | 3.56 million t | 5.14 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.91 million t | 2.34 million t | 3.46 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 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
- 10 Indonesia 18.76 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
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.5083 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.9247 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 2.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -5.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 2.92 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.14 million t in 2015.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 269,000 t in 1966.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 10th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.