Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United States of America
United States of America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Production was 20.18 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — production in United States of America stood at 20.18 million t.
That represents a change of down 4.5% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — production in United States of America peaked at 23.92 million t in 2000 and was at its lowest, 11.53 million t, in 1964.
United States of America ranks 18th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Production in United States of America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13.96 million t | — |
| 1962 | 12.80 million t | -8.3% |
| 1963 | 12.96 million t | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 11.53 million t | -11.0% |
| 1965 | 13.92 million t | +20.7% |
| 1966 | 14.56 million t | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 14.49 million t | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 14.01 million t | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 14.82 million t | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 15.38 million t | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 15.01 million t | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 14.00 million t | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 14.16 million t | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 16.14 million t | +14.0% |
| 1975 | 15.19 million t | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 16.83 million t | +10.8% |
| 1977 | 16.66 million t | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 17.21 million t | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 16.14 million t | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 14.28 million t | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 16.03 million t | +12.2% |
| 1982 | 16.78 million t | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 15.69 million t | -6.5% |
| 1984 | 17.01 million t | +8.4% |
| 1985 | 19.11 million t | +12.3% |
| 1986 | 16.97 million t | -11.2% |
| 1987 | 18.19 million t | +7.2% |
| 1988 | 16.67 million t | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 17.32 million t | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 18.81 million t | +8.6% |
| 1991 | 19.45 million t | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 19.84 million t | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 20.02 million t | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 21.90 million t | +9.4% |
| 1995 | 20.77 million t | -5.2% |
| 1996 | 23.25 million t | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 21.79 million t | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 22.14 million t | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 22.24 million t | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 23.92 million t | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 20.51 million t | -14.2% |
| 2002 | 21.37 million t | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 21.51 million t | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 21.41 million t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 19.94 million t | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 20.74 million t | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 21.00 million t | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 19.67 million t | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 20.51 million t | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 19.43 million t | -5.2% |
| 2011 | 20.73 million t | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 22.29 million t | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 20.84 million t | -6.5% |
| 2014 | 21.40 million t | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 21.42 million t | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 21.86 million t | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 22.07 million t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 21.66 million t | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 20.70 million t | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 20.42 million t | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 20.08 million t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 19.50 million t | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 21.13 million t | +8.4% |
| 2024 | 20.18 million t | -4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.67 million t | 11.53 million t | 14.82 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15.67 million t | 14.00 million t | 17.21 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.81 million t | 14.28 million t | 19.11 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 21.02 million t | 18.81 million t | 23.25 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 21.06 million t | 19.67 million t | 23.92 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.24 million t | 19.43 million t | 22.29 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20.26 million t | 19.50 million t | 21.13 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 15 Germany 12.70 million t compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 671,811 t compare
- 16 Bangladesh 10.90 million t compare
- 16 Republic of Moldova 135,372 t compare
- 17 Cameroon 10.20 million t compare
- 17 Polynesia 55,054 t compare
- 18 Mozambique 9.59 million t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 50,708 t compare
- 19 France 9.24 million t compare
- 19 Micronesia 13,715 t compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 16.34 million t compare
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 11,788 t compare
- 20 Pakistan 9.08 million t compare
- 21 Egypt 8.65 million t compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 8.65 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Potatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -1.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Production, annual growth rate -4.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 0.025 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual -3.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — production in United States of America?
- Roots and tubers, total — production in United States of America was 20.18 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 States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 23.92 million t in 2000.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — production recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.53 million t in 1964.
- How does United States of America rank for roots and tubers, total — production?
- United States of America ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — production rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.