Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 3,917 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, 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 Antigua and Barbuda is 3,917 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.5% on the previous year and down 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 6,048 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 2,342 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Antigua and Barbuda 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,317 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,296 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1963 | 3,277 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 3,326 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 3,440 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 3,500 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 3,436 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 3,758 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1969 | 4,083 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 3,956 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 4,014 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 4,088 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1973 | 4,076 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 3,951 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 3,676 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 3,988 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 3,420 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1978 | 4,207 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1979 | 5,310 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1980 | 3,495 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1981 | 5,214 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 1982 | 6,048 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1983 | 5,841 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 5,438 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 5,132 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1986 | 5,200 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 5,241 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 5,388 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 5,089 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 5,018 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 5,030 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 4,943 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 4,901 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 4,887 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 4,811 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 4,866 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 4,860 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 4,852 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 4,834 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 4,813 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 4,790 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 4,785 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 4,603 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 4,588 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 4,754 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 4,776 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 4,834 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 4,894 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 4,858 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 4,861 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 4,866 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 4,909 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2013 | 4,863 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 4,845 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 4,855 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 4,778 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 4,442 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2018 | 4,277 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 4,159 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 3,883 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 2,342 kg/ha | -39.7% |
| 2022 | 4,052 kg/ha | +73.0% |
| 2023 | 3,679 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2024 | 3,917 kg/ha | +6.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,492 kg/ha | 3,277 kg/ha | 4,083 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,069 kg/ha | 3,420 kg/ha | 5,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,209 kg/ha | 3,495 kg/ha | 6,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,900 kg/ha | 4,811 kg/ha | 5,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,769 kg/ha | 4,588 kg/ha | 4,894 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,686 kg/ha | 4,159 kg/ha | 4,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,575 kg/ha | 2,342 kg/ha | 4,052 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Antigua and Barbuda was 3,917 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 Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 6,048 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,342 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 182nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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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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.