Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 13.33 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, 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 United Republic of Tanzania is 13.33 million t, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 5.2% on the previous year and up 30.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 14.06 million t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3.04 million t, in 1961.
That places United Republic of Tanzania 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3.04 million t | — |
| 1962 | 3.13 million t | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 3.24 million t | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 3.33 million t | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 3.42 million t | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 3.56 million t | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 3.79 million t | +6.4% |
| 1968 | 3.90 million t | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 3.76 million t | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 3.73 million t | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 3.50 million t | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 3.76 million t | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 4.23 million t | +12.4% |
| 1974 | 4.64 million t | +9.7% |
| 1975 | 6.01 million t | +29.5% |
| 1976 | 5.40 million t | -10.1% |
| 1977 | 6.03 million t | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 5.87 million t | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 6.46 million t | +10.1% |
| 1980 | 5.62 million t | -13.0% |
| 1981 | 6.48 million t | +15.4% |
| 1982 | 7.21 million t | +11.3% |
| 1983 | 8.37 million t | +16.1% |
| 1984 | 8.10 million t | -3.3% |
| 1985 | 8.84 million t | +9.2% |
| 1986 | 8.76 million t | -0.9% |
| 1987 | 7.56 million t | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 7.58 million t | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 7.64 million t | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 8.62 million t | +12.8% |
| 1991 | 8.19 million t | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 7.83 million t | -4.4% |
| 1993 | 7.57 million t | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 7.99 million t | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 6.94 million t | -13.2% |
| 1996 | 6.95 million t | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 6.74 million t | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 6.49 million t | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 6.54 million t | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 6.73 million t | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 5.91 million t | -12.1% |
| 2002 | 7.29 million t | +23.2% |
| 2003 | 4.86 million t | -33.3% |
| 2004 | 6.68 million t | +37.4% |
| 2005 | 7.61 million t | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 8.22 million t | +8.0% |
| 2007 | 7.18 million t | -12.7% |
| 2008 | 7.57 million t | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 8.21 million t | +8.4% |
| 2010 | 8.46 million t | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 9.79 million t | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 9.73 million t | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 10.00 million t | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 10.24 million t | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 10.83 million t | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 10.28 million t | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 10.06 million t | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 13.21 million t | +31.3% |
| 2019 | 13.13 million t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 12.75 million t | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 12.79 million t | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 13.09 million t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 14.06 million t | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 13.33 million t | -5.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3.46 million t | 3.04 million t | 3.90 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.96 million t | 3.50 million t | 6.46 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 7.62 million t | 5.62 million t | 8.84 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.39 million t | 6.49 million t | 8.62 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.03 million t | 4.86 million t | 8.22 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.57 million t | 8.46 million t | 13.21 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.21 million t | 12.75 million t | 14.06 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United Republic of Tanzania
- 2 China, mainland 153.18 million t compare
- 3 Nigeria 141.87 million t compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 48.41 million t compare
- 4 India 65.62 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in United Republic of Tanzania was 13.33 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 United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 14.06 million t in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.04 million t in 1961.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.