Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Mongolia
Mongolia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 251,405 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Mongolia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Mongolia recorded 251,405 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 40.2% on the previous year and up 55.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Mongolia peaked at 251,405 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,200 t, in 1972.
That places Mongolia 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Mongolia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 23,900 t | +45.7% |
| 1963 | 21,000 t | -12.1% |
| 1964 | 23,000 t | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 24,400 t | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 20,100 t | -17.6% |
| 1967 | 19,800 t | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 25,400 t | +28.3% |
| 1969 | 14,500 t | -42.9% |
| 1970 | 20,800 t | +43.4% |
| 1971 | 18,600 t | -10.6% |
| 1972 | 10,200 t | -45.2% |
| 1973 | 35,300 t | +246.1% |
| 1974 | 22,800 t | -35.4% |
| 1975 | 40,700 t | +78.5% |
| 1976 | 36,000 t | -11.5% |
| 1977 | 44,600 t | +23.9% |
| 1978 | 48,500 t | +8.7% |
| 1979 | 72,400 t | +49.3% |
| 1980 | 37,900 t | -47.7% |
| 1981 | 40,400 t | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 75,100 t | +85.9% |
| 1983 | 97,500 t | +29.8% |
| 1984 | 126,000 t | +29.2% |
| 1985 | 113,900 t | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 132,800 t | +16.6% |
| 1987 | 147,588 t | +11.1% |
| 1988 | 102,956 t | -30.2% |
| 1989 | 155,500 t | +51.0% |
| 1990 | 131,110 t | -15.7% |
| 1991 | 97,500 t | -25.6% |
| 1992 | 78,500 t | -19.5% |
| 1993 | 60,100 t | -23.4% |
| 1994 | 54,000 t | -10.1% |
| 1995 | 51,981 t | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 46,022 t | -11.5% |
| 1997 | 54,610 t | +18.7% |
| 1998 | 65,152 t | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 63,765 t | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 58,907 t | -7.6% |
| 2001 | 58,033 t | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 51,888 t | -10.6% |
| 2003 | 78,673 t | +51.6% |
| 2004 | 80,192 t | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 82,749 t | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 109,070 t | +31.8% |
| 2007 | 114,490 t | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 134,773 t | +17.7% |
| 2009 | 151,211 t | +12.2% |
| 2010 | 167,956 t | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 201,639 t | +20.1% |
| 2012 | 245,935 t | +22.0% |
| 2013 | 191,619 t | -22.1% |
| 2014 | 161,489 t | -15.7% |
| 2015 | 163,767 t | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 165,330 t | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 121,808 t | -26.3% |
| 2018 | 168,883 t | +38.6% |
| 2019 | 192,240 t | +13.8% |
| 2020 | 244,262 t | +27.1% |
| 2021 | 182,638 t | -25.2% |
| 2022 | 214,005 t | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 179,368 t | -16.2% |
| 2024 | 251,405 t | +40.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,944 t | 14,500 t | 25,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,990 t | 10,200 t | 72,400 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 102,964 t | 37,900 t | 155,500 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 70,274 t | 46,022 t | 131,110 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,999 t | 51,888 t | 151,211 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 178,067 t | 121,808 t | 245,935 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 214,336 t | 179,368 t | 251,405 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.94 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.94 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Mongolia?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Mongolia was 251,405 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 251,405 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,200 t in 1972.
- How does Mongolia rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Mongolia ranks 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.