Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Panama
Panama: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 87,844 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — production in Panama is 87,844 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.0% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Panama peaked at 90,738 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 39,500 t, in 1961.
That places Panama 139th 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 40,300 t | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 41,000 t | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 41,700 t | +1.7% |
| 1965 | 46,200 t | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 46,990 t | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 47,170 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 52,720 t | +11.8% |
| 1969 | 52,860 t | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 59,100 t | +11.8% |
| 1971 | 69,508 t | +17.6% |
| 1972 | 73,806 t | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 74,943 t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 79,774 t | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 73,034 t | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 76,002 t | +4.1% |
| 1977 | 75,287 t | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 73,279 t | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 76,556 t | +4.5% |
| 1980 | 74,021 t | -3.3% |
| 1981 | 78,695 t | +6.3% |
| 1982 | 83,023 t | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 79,033 t | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 81,704 t | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 83,805 t | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 86,064 t | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 86,457 t | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 83,509 t | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 73,069 t | -12.5% |
| 1990 | 59,726 t | -18.3% |
| 1991 | 66,725 t | +11.7% |
| 1992 | 65,866 t | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 62,821 t | -4.6% |
| 1994 | 68,064 t | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 74,517 t | +9.5% |
| 1996 | 71,763 t | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 75,897 t | +5.8% |
| 1998 | 76,065 t | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 65,805 t | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 73,280 t | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 78,377 t | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 80,359 t | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 85,311 t | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 84,078 t | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 87,994 t | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 81,431 t | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 78,198 t | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 72,471 t | -7.3% |
| 2009 | 80,105 t | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 76,982 t | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 72,772 t | -5.5% |
| 2012 | 75,958 t | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 72,018 t | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 63,294 t | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 56,209 t | -11.2% |
| 2016 | 56,629 t | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 54,921 t | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 57,988 t | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 71,207 t | +22.8% |
| 2020 | 90,738 t | +27.4% |
| 2021 | 88,238 t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 85,808 t | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 84,435 t | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 87,844 t | +4.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 87,844 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 159,591 t, 55% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Panama's 87,844 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 147,895 t, 59% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,382 t | 39,500 t | 52,860 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 73,129 t | 59,100 t | 79,774 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 80,938 t | 73,069 t | 86,457 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 68,725 t | 59,726 t | 76,065 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 80,160 t | 72,471 t | 87,994 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,798 t | 54,921 t | 76,982 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,413 t | 84,435 t | 90,738 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.3777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.1446 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate -0.1155 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.4747 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Panama?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Panama was 87,844 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 90,738 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 39,500 t in 1961.
- How does Panama rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Panama ranks 139th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.