Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 7,661 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 Trinidad and Tobago is 7,661 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 20,900 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 4,631 t, in 1990.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,328 t | — |
| 1962 | 11,539 t | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 12,570 t | +8.9% |
| 1964 | 13,348 t | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 13,593 t | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 14,394 t | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 15,681 t | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 16,739 t | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 17,407 t | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 16,749 t | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 17,099 t | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 17,595 t | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 20,062 t | +14.0% |
| 1974 | 20,573 t | +2.5% |
| 1975 | 20,292 t | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 20,900 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 20,700 t | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 20,750 t | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 20,700 t | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 20,450 t | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 20,186 t | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 18,382 t | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 14,500 t | -21.1% |
| 1984 | 10,702 t | -26.2% |
| 1985 | 8,862 t | -17.2% |
| 1986 | 7,320 t | -17.4% |
| 1987 | 8,314 t | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 9,653 t | +16.1% |
| 1989 | 4,899 t | -49.2% |
| 1990 | 4,631 t | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 5,270 t | +13.8% |
| 1992 | 4,934 t | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 5,641 t | +14.3% |
| 1994 | 5,431 t | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 5,943 t | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 5,989 t | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 6,476 t | +8.1% |
| 1998 | 5,728 t | -11.5% |
| 1999 | 7,894 t | +37.8% |
| 2000 | 4,685 t | -40.7% |
| 2001 | 5,008 t | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 10,940 t | +118.5% |
| 2003 | 8,161 t | -25.4% |
| 2004 | 8,451 t | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 8,798 t | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 9,444 t | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 10,321 t | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 10,396 t | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 10,340 t | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 10,636 t | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 10,422 t | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 10,000 t | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 12,608 t | +26.1% |
| 2014 | 12,016 t | -4.7% |
| 2015 | 9,217 t | -23.3% |
| 2016 | 9,108 t | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 8,378 t | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 7,078 t | -15.5% |
| 2019 | 8,080 t | +14.1% |
| 2020 | 12,846 t | +59.0% |
| 2021 | 11,774 t | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 7,505 t | -36.3% |
| 2023 | 8,467 t | +12.8% |
| 2024 | 7,661 t | -9.5% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 7,661 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 159,591 t, 5% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 7,661 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 147,895 t, 5% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Trinidad and Tobago changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +118.5% | 5,008 t | 10,940 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,955 t | 10,328 t | 17,407 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,542 t | 16,749 t | 20,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,327 t | 4,899 t | 20,450 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,794 t | 4,631 t | 7,894 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,654 t | 4,685 t | 10,940 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,754 t | 7,078 t | 12,608 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,651 t | 7,505 t | 12,846 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Trinidad and Tobago
- 161 Mauritania 10,740 t compare
- 162 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 10,523 t compare
- 163 Réunion 7,710 t compare
- 165 Malta 6,910 t compare
- 166 Suriname 6,314 t compare
- 167 Martinique 6,044 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.0344 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % 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 0.0395 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Trinidad and Tobago was 7,661 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 20,900 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,631 t in 1990.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.