Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 1,086 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United Arab Emirates, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
United Arab Emirates recorded 1,086 t for roots and tubers, total — production in 2024.
The figure is up 7.1% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in United Arab Emirates peaked at 15,578 t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 1961.
That places United Arab Emirates 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United Arab Emirates, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 t | — |
| 1962 | 0 t | — |
| 1963 | 0 t | — |
| 1964 | 0 t | — |
| 1965 | 0 t | — |
| 1966 | 0 t | — |
| 1967 | 0 t | — |
| 1968 | 0 t | — |
| 1969 | 0 t | — |
| 1970 | 0 t | — |
| 1971 | 0 t | — |
| 1972 | 0 t | — |
| 1973 | 0 t | — |
| 1974 | 0 t | — |
| 1975 | 280 t | — |
| 1976 | 420 t | +50.0% |
| 1977 | 760 t | +81.0% |
| 1978 | 2,003 t | +163.6% |
| 1979 | 3,368 t | +68.1% |
| 1980 | 977 t | -71.0% |
| 1981 | 1,639 t | +67.8% |
| 1982 | 2,509 t | +53.1% |
| 1983 | 3,283 t | +30.8% |
| 1984 | 3,989 t | +21.5% |
| 1985 | 4,164 t | +4.4% |
| 1986 | 3,000 t | -28.0% |
| 1987 | 2,871 t | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 5,489 t | +91.2% |
| 1989 | 5,039 t | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 3,983 t | -21.0% |
| 1991 | 3,134 t | -21.3% |
| 1992 | 4,330 t | +38.2% |
| 1993 | 1,884 t | -56.5% |
| 1994 | 3,545 t | +88.2% |
| 1995 | 3,355 t | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 4,303 t | +28.3% |
| 1997 | 5,435 t | +26.3% |
| 1998 | 5,132 t | -5.6% |
| 1999 | 5,256 t | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 15,578 t | +196.4% |
| 2001 | 11,496 t | -26.2% |
| 2002 | 10,046 t | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 7,094 t | -29.4% |
| 2004 | 7,090 t | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 7,090 t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 7,090 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 7,090 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,090 t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 7,100 t | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 5,897 t | -16.9% |
| 2011 | 4,688 t | -20.5% |
| 2012 | 3,912 t | -16.5% |
| 2013 | 2,745 t | -29.8% |
| 2014 | 914.2 t | -66.7% |
| 2015 | 3,447 t | +277.1% |
| 2016 | 4,862 t | +41.1% |
| 2017 | 359 t | -92.6% |
| 2018 | 451 t | +25.6% |
| 2019 | 4,193 t | +829.7% |
| 2020 | 1,051 t | -74.9% |
| 2021 | 1,853 t | +76.3% |
| 2022 | 1,291 t | -30.3% |
| 2023 | 1,014 t | -21.5% |
| 2024 | 1,086 t | +7.1% |
United Arab Emirates compared with similar countries
- United Arab Emirates's 1,086 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 159,591 t, 1% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- United Arab Emirates's 1,086 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 341,112 t, 0% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United Arab Emirates 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +829.7% | 451 t | 4,193 t |
| 2015 | +277.1% | 914.2 t | 3,447 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 t | 0 t | 0 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 683.1 t | 0 t | 3,368 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,296 t | 977 t | 5,489 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,036 t | 1,884 t | 5,435 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,676 t | 7,090 t | 15,578 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,147 t | 359 t | 5,897 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,259 t | 1,014 t | 1,853 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Arab Emirates
- 178 Faroe Islands 1,532 t compare
- 179 Brunei Darussalam 1,237 t compare
- 180 Grenada 1,197 t compare
- 182 Qatar 964.76 t compare
- 183 Saint Kitts and Nevis 689.17 t compare
- 184 Antigua and Barbuda 385.51 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for United Arab Emirates
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 2.14 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 0.0086 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.5232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 0.0347 hectares per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0077 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 386.83 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in United Arab Emirates?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in United Arab Emirates was 1,086 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The highest recorded value was 15,578 t in 2000.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in United Arab Emirates?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 1961.
- How does United Arab Emirates rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- United Arab Emirates ranks 181st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in United Arab Emirates?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Arab Emirates 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.