Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Americas
Americas: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 19,444 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — yield in Americas is 19,444 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Americas peaked at 19,444 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,747 kg/ha, in 1962.
Americas ranks 16th 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 — Yield in Americas, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,769 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,747 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 11,914 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 11,898 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1965 | 12,411 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 12,369 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1967 | 12,608 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1968 | 12,794 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 13,008 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 13,143 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 13,073 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 12,835 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 12,164 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 12,597 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 12,573 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 12,571 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,535 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 12,631 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 12,553 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 12,384 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 12,838 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 12,849 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1983 | 12,353 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 13,424 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 13,955 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 13,572 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1987 | 13,788 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 13,811 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 13,946 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 14,074 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 13,694 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 13,695 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 13,756 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 14,512 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 14,382 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 14,519 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 14,762 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1998 | 14,612 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 15,133 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 15,538 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 15,220 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 15,678 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 15,743 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 15,877 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 15,335 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 15,886 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 15,836 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 15,728 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 15,654 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 16,368 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 17,121 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 16,982 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 17,260 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 17,960 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 17,870 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 18,210 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 18,732 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 18,622 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 18,932 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 19,074 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 19,197 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 18,913 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 19,152 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 19,444 kg/ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,280 kg/ha | 11,747 kg/ha | 13,008 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,668 kg/ha | 12,164 kg/ha | 13,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,292 kg/ha | 12,353 kg/ha | 13,955 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,314 kg/ha | 13,694 kg/ha | 15,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,650 kg/ha | 15,220 kg/ha | 15,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,806 kg/ha | 16,368 kg/ha | 18,932 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,156 kg/ha | 18,913 kg/ha | 19,444 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 7,871 kg/ha compare
- 14 Belgium 39,592 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 7,788 kg/ha compare
- 15 Kuwait 37,802 kg/ha compare
- 16 Sweden 37,311 kg/ha compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 6,489 kg/ha compare
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,370 kg/ha compare
- 17 Palestine 36,427 kg/ha compare
- 18 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 18 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
- 19 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,785 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -5.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -4.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Americas?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Americas was 19,444 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 19,444 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,747 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Americas ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.