Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 256.48 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
256.48 million t
Change on year
up 2.4%
Rank
3rd
of 29 groups
All-time high
256.48 million t
in 2024
All-time low
36.01 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 256.48 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 40.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 256.48 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 36.01 million t, in 1961.

That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year

Annual values for Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 36.01 million t
1962 36.99 million t +2.7%
1963 37.47 million t +1.3%
1964 38.23 million t +2.0%
1965 40.03 million t +4.7%
1966 39.77 million t -0.7%
1967 41.82 million t +5.2%
1968 42.45 million t +1.5%
1969 44.30 million t +4.4%
1970 47.09 million t +6.3%
1971 47.11 million t +0.1%
1972 47.40 million t +0.6%
1973 49.20 million t +3.8%
1974 51.29 million t +4.2%
1975 55.22 million t +7.7%
1976 56.02 million t +1.4%
1977 56.59 million t +1.0%
1978 56.99 million t +0.7%
1979 58.14 million t +2.0%
1980 59.03 million t +1.5%
1981 61.88 million t +4.8%
1982 64.96 million t +5.0%
1983 66.96 million t +3.1%
1984 67.18 million t +0.3%
1985 70.11 million t +4.4%
1986 71.43 million t +1.9%
1987 70.82 million t -0.8%
1988 73.76 million t +4.1%
1989 74.54 million t +1.1%
1990 77.63 million t +4.1%
1991 78.46 million t +1.1%
1992 77.40 million t -1.4%
1993 75.83 million t -2.0%
1994 76.22 million t +0.5%
1995 76.72 million t +0.6%
1996 78.75 million t +2.7%
1997 80.78 million t +2.6%
1998 85.57 million t +5.9%
1999 92.20 million t +7.8%
2000 97.18 million t +5.4%
2001 101.56 million t +4.5%
2002 100.24 million t -1.3%
2003 105.08 million t +4.8%
2004 111.45 million t +6.1%
2005 115.18 million t +3.3%
2006 119.16 million t +3.5%
2007 121.65 million t +2.1%
2008 125.79 million t +3.4%
2009 134.00 million t +6.5%
2010 160.81 million t +20.0%
2011 172.13 million t +7.0%
2012 172.52 million t +0.2%
2013 183.75 million t +6.5%
2014 182.65 million t -0.6%
2015 190.74 million t +4.4%
2016 195.00 million t +2.2%
2017 200.60 million t +2.9%
2018 214.41 million t +6.9%
2019 217.52 million t +1.5%
2020 225.24 million t +3.5%
2021 231.01 million t +2.6%
2022 239.82 million t +3.8%
2023 250.42 million t +4.4%
2024 256.48 million t +2.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 39.67 million t 36.01 million t 44.30 million t 9
1970s 52.51 million t 47.09 million t 58.14 million t 10
1980s 68.07 million t 59.03 million t 74.54 million t 10
1990s 79.96 million t 75.83 million t 92.20 million t 10
2000s 113.13 million t 97.18 million t 134.00 million t 10
2010s 189.01 million t 160.81 million t 217.52 million t 10
2020s 240.59 million t 225.24 million t 256.48 million t 5

Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

  1. 1 China 153.49 million t compare
  2. 2 China, mainland 153.18 million t compare
  3. 3 Nigeria 141.87 million t compare
  4. 4 India 65.62 million t compare
  5. 5 USSR 64.84 million t compare
  6. 6 Ghana 39.94 million t compare

See the full ranking of 240 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is roots and tubers, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Roots and tubers, total — production in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 256.48 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 Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 256.48 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 36.01 million t in 1961.
How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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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Indicator
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
240 places, 13,982 data points, 1961–2024
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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.