Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 93.62 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Asia recorded 93.62 million t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
The figure is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Southern Asia peaked at 95.51 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.06 million t, in 1962.
That places Southern Asia 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7.83 million t | — |
| 1962 | 7.06 million t | -9.8% |
| 1963 | 7.99 million t | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 8.32 million t | +4.2% |
| 1965 | 9.99 million t | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 10.77 million t | +7.8% |
| 1967 | 11.57 million t | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 13.65 million t | +18.0% |
| 1969 | 14.68 million t | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 14.03 million t | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 15.00 million t | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 15.53 million t | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 15.73 million t | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 16.47 million t | +4.7% |
| 1975 | 18.27 million t | +10.9% |
| 1976 | 20.09 million t | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 18.91 million t | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 19.53 million t | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 22.26 million t | +14.0% |
| 1980 | 20.52 million t | -7.8% |
| 1981 | 22.27 million t | +8.5% |
| 1982 | 22.71 million t | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 22.92 million t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 25.77 million t | +12.4% |
| 1985 | 25.86 million t | +0.4% |
| 1986 | 23.08 million t | -10.8% |
| 1987 | 25.33 million t | +9.7% |
| 1988 | 26.53 million t | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 27.21 million t | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 27.85 million t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 28.80 million t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 32.34 million t | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 32.86 million t | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 32.56 million t | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 32.37 million t | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 33.48 million t | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 39.05 million t | +16.6% |
| 1998 | 34.01 million t | -12.9% |
| 1999 | 39.84 million t | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 43.04 million t | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 40.95 million t | -4.9% |
| 2002 | 43.34 million t | +5.8% |
| 2003 | 42.17 million t | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 48.33 million t | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 52.21 million t | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 52.58 million t | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 52.97 million t | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 62.13 million t | +17.3% |
| 2009 | 61.27 million t | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 64.94 million t | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 71.87 million t | +10.7% |
| 2012 | 71.94 million t | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 74.96 million t | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 77.07 million t | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 76.85 million t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 72.89 million t | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 77.61 million t | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 81.52 million t | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 80.71 million t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 79.48 million t | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 87.81 million t | +10.5% |
| 2022 | 91.12 million t | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 95.51 million t | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 93.62 million t | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.21 million t | 7.06 million t | 14.68 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.58 million t | 14.03 million t | 22.26 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.22 million t | 20.52 million t | 27.21 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33.32 million t | 27.85 million t | 39.84 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 49.90 million t | 40.95 million t | 62.13 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 75.04 million t | 64.94 million t | 81.52 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 89.51 million t | 79.48 million t | 95.51 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 13.33 million t compare
- 5 USSR 64.84 million t compare
- 6 Ghana 39.94 million t compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 12.57 million t compare
- 7 Thailand 29.13 million t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 11.86 million t compare
- 8 Brazil 24.48 million t compare
- 8 Türkiye 6.90 million t compare
- 9 Ukraine 21.13 million t compare
- 10 Indonesia 18.76 million t compare
- 10 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2.92 million t compare
- 11 Russian Federation 18.45 million t compare
- 11 Melanesia 2.43 million t compare
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- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 7.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 4.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 2.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 3.89 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Southern Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Southern Asia was 93.62 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 95.51 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.06 million t in 1962.
- How does Southern Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.