Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Tuvalu
Tuvalu: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 147.39 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in Tuvalu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in Tuvalu stood at 147.39 t.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in Tuvalu peaked at 300 t in 1964 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
Tuvalu ranks 187th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Tuvalu, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 300 t | — |
| 1965 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 290 t | -3.3% |
| 1978 | 280 t | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 270 t | -3.6% |
| 1980 | 260 t | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 250 t | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 230 t | -8.0% |
| 1983 | 200 t | -13.0% |
| 1984 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 200 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 t | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 114 t | -24.0% |
| 1989 | 106 t | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 122 t | +15.1% |
| 1991 | 130 t | +6.6% |
| 1992 | 126.54 t | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 120 t | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 125.31 t | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 126.21 t | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 127.19 t | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 128.35 t | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 129.33 t | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 130.63 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 130 t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 133.42 t | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 135.27 t | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 140 t | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 140 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 141.31 t | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 150 t | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 145.22 t | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 143.95 t | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 143.32 t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 142.69 t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 140 t | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 142 t | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 143.48 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 144.31 t | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 143.95 t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 144.3 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 144.65 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 144.99 t | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 145.45 t | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 146.81 t | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 146.74 t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 147.06 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 147.39 t | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200 t | 0 t | 300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 294 t | 270 t | 300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 191 t | 106 t | 260 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 126.56 t | 120 t | 130.63 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 139.92 t | 130 t | 150 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 143.37 t | 140 t | 144.99 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 146.69 t | 145.45 t | 147.39 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tuvalu
- 184 Antigua and Barbuda 385.51 t compare
- 185 Cook Islands 321.86 t compare
- 186 Seychelles 241.36 t compare
- 188 Bahrain 80 t compare
- 189 China, Hong Kong SAR 60.75 t compare
- 190 Maldives 21.73 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Tuvalu
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -17.15 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1594 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 534.44 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3456 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2008)
- Rural population 34.6% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.9% (2015)
- Rural population growth -3.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in Tuvalu?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in Tuvalu was 147.39 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Tuvalu?
- The highest recorded value was 300 t in 1964.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in Tuvalu?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does Tuvalu rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- Tuvalu ranks 187th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in Tuvalu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tuvalu 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.