Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Liberia
Liberia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 681,541 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 681,541 t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and up 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Liberia peaked at 769,796 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 232,616 t, in 1995.
That places Liberia 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Liberia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 284,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 284,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 289,000 t | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 286,000 t | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 289,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 292,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 293,500 t | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 298,500 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 299,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 304,500 t | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 307,500 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 305,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 288,000 t | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 298,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 296,500 t | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 320,000 t | +7.9% |
| 1977 | 330,200 t | +3.2% |
| 1978 | 340,500 t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 345,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 345,900 t | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 346,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 347,500 t | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 320,000 t | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 268,725 t | -16.0% |
| 1985 | 334,637 t | +24.5% |
| 1986 | 359,678 t | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 425,586 t | +18.3% |
| 1988 | 500,500 t | +17.6% |
| 1989 | 433,500 t | -13.4% |
| 1990 | 445,009 t | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 317,542 t | -28.6% |
| 1992 | 329,000 t | +3.6% |
| 1993 | 297,693 t | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 307,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 232,616 t | -24.2% |
| 1996 | 272,164 t | +17.0% |
| 1997 | 341,867 t | +25.6% |
| 1998 | 367,406 t | +7.5% |
| 1999 | 423,061 t | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 503,270 t | +19.0% |
| 2001 | 544,397 t | +8.2% |
| 2002 | 545,079 t | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 555,794 t | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 554,643 t | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 559,416 t | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 567,700 t | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 598,272 t | +5.4% |
| 2008 | 581,500 t | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 563,610 t | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 558,000 t | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 564,634 t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 591,775 t | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 586,522 t | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 635,462 t | +8.3% |
| 2015 | 667,647 t | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 769,796 t | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 610,368 t | -20.7% |
| 2018 | 651,156 t | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 677,245 t | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 693,546 t | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 675,700 t | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 683,321 t | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 684,923 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 681,541 t | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 290,556 t | 284,000 t | 299,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 313,580 t | 288,000 t | 345,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 368,203 t | 268,725 t | 500,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 333,336 t | 232,616 t | 445,009 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 557,368 t | 503,270 t | 598,272 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 631,260 t | 558,000 t | 769,796 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 683,806 t | 675,700 t | 693,546 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Liberia?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Liberia was 681,541 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 769,796 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 232,616 t in 1995.
- How does Liberia rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Liberia ranks 86th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.