Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 201.11 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 201.11 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 37.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 201.11 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 28.46 million t, in 1961.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28.46 million t | — |
| 1962 | 29.16 million t | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 29.42 million t | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 29.65 million t | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 31.19 million t | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 30.96 million t | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 32.74 million t | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 33.32 million t | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 34.45 million t | +3.4% |
| 1970 | 37.04 million t | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 36.95 million t | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 37.30 million t | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 38.33 million t | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 40.02 million t | +4.4% |
| 1975 | 43.35 million t | +8.3% |
| 1976 | 43.99 million t | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 44.50 million t | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 44.44 million t | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 44.99 million t | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 45.74 million t | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 48.24 million t | +5.5% |
| 1982 | 50.92 million t | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 52.99 million t | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 53.05 million t | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 54.90 million t | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 56.24 million t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 55.19 million t | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 57.30 million t | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 58.24 million t | +1.6% |
| 1990 | 61.72 million t | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 61.60 million t | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 61.33 million t | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 59.34 million t | -3.2% |
| 1994 | 59.22 million t | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 57.21 million t | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 58.39 million t | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 60.47 million t | +3.6% |
| 1998 | 64.21 million t | +6.2% |
| 1999 | 68.95 million t | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 74.24 million t | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 78.08 million t | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 76.08 million t | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 79.84 million t | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 85.37 million t | +6.9% |
| 2005 | 86.41 million t | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 91.15 million t | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 92.57 million t | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 93.86 million t | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 102.64 million t | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 128.71 million t | +25.4% |
| 2011 | 138.38 million t | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 137.20 million t | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 148.53 million t | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 146.29 million t | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 150.46 million t | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 156.54 million t | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 160.59 million t | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 171.73 million t | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 173.54 million t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 180.09 million t | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 184.82 million t | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 189.54 million t | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 196.72 million t | +3.8% |
| 2024 | 201.11 million t | +2.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +25.4% | 102.64 million t | 128.71 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.04 million t | 28.46 million t | 34.45 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 41.09 million t | 36.95 million t | 44.99 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.28 million t | 45.74 million t | 58.24 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 61.24 million t | 57.21 million t | 68.95 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.02 million t | 74.24 million t | 102.64 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 151.20 million t | 128.71 million t | 173.54 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 190.46 million t | 180.09 million t | 201.11 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 China 153.49 million t compare
- 2 China, mainland 153.18 million t compare
- 3 Nigeria 141.87 million t compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.41 million t compare
- 4 India 65.62 million t compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 13.33 million t compare
- 5 USSR 64.84 million t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 1.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Production, annual growth rate 3.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled — Producing Animals/Slaughtered -0.4713 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production, annual 6.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 201.11 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 201.11 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 28.46 million t in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.