Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Kuwait
Kuwait: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 16,012 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Kuwait, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in Kuwait stood at 16,012 t.
The figure is down 11.7% on the previous year and down 66.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Kuwait peaked at 66,407 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Kuwait ranks 156th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 32 t | — |
| 1972 | 6 t | -81.2% |
| 1973 | 19 t | +216.7% |
| 1974 | 26 t | +36.8% |
| 1975 | 10 t | -61.5% |
| 1976 | 28 t | +180.0% |
| 1977 | 164 t | +485.7% |
| 1978 | 143 t | -12.8% |
| 1979 | 150 t | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 294 t | +96.0% |
| 1981 | 320 t | +8.8% |
| 1982 | 350 t | +9.4% |
| 1983 | 680 t | +94.3% |
| 1984 | 690 t | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 692 t | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 652 t | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 1,670 t | +156.1% |
| 1988 | 2,867 t | +71.7% |
| 1989 | 1,973 t | -31.2% |
| 1990 | 1,600 t | -18.9% |
| 1991 | 500 t | -68.8% |
| 1992 | 638 t | +27.6% |
| 1993 | 1,738 t | +172.4% |
| 1994 | 4,937 t | +184.1% |
| 1995 | 13,637 t | +176.2% |
| 1996 | 27,979 t | +105.2% |
| 1997 | 31,556 t | +12.8% |
| 1998 | 21,884 t | -30.7% |
| 1999 | 24,446 t | +11.7% |
| 2000 | 17,979 t | -26.5% |
| 2001 | 19,013 t | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 17,668 t | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 20,711 t | +17.2% |
| 2004 | 23,299 t | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 27,971 t | +20.1% |
| 2006 | 34,970 t | +25.0% |
| 2007 | 27,616 t | -21.0% |
| 2008 | 35,582 t | +28.8% |
| 2009 | 34,500 t | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 37,350 t | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 66,407 t | +77.8% |
| 2012 | 61,175 t | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 46,800 t | -23.5% |
| 2014 | 47,545 t | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 59,486 t | +25.1% |
| 2016 | 14,986 t | -74.8% |
| 2017 | 51,833 t | +245.9% |
| 2018 | 36,236 t | -30.1% |
| 2019 | 34,836 t | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 18,719 t | -46.3% |
| 2021 | 23,905 t | +27.7% |
| 2022 | 14,813 t | -38.0% |
| 2023 | 18,139 t | +22.4% |
| 2024 | 16,012 t | -11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 57.8 t | 0 t | 164 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,019 t | 294 t | 2,867 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,892 t | 500 t | 31,556 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,931 t | 17,668 t | 35,582 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,665 t | 14,986 t | 66,407 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,318 t | 14,813 t | 23,905 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.5305 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.5305 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Kuwait?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Kuwait was 16,012 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 66,407 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Kuwait rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Kuwait ranks 156th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.