Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 27,528 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Argentina recorded 27,528 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Argentina peaked at 29,125 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,855 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Argentina 41st out of 191 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 — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,374 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,964 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1963 | 9,266 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 8,855 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1965 | 11,746 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1966 | 9,406 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1967 | 11,036 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1968 | 9,845 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1969 | 11,404 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1970 | 11,802 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 10,995 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1972 | 9,495 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 12,200 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1974 | 15,131 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1975 | 12,041 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1976 | 12,525 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 13,523 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1978 | 12,259 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1979 | 13,352 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 12,372 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 16,538 kg/ha | +33.7% |
| 1982 | 15,204 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 16,074 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 16,090 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 18,039 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1986 | 16,994 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 17,928 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 22,382 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1989 | 18,954 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1990 | 17,664 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1991 | 17,931 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 17,368 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 18,422 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 20,839 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 23,481 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1996 | 20,495 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1997 | 23,580 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1998 | 25,898 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 21,189 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2000 | 23,183 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 24,047 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 21,749 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 23,100 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 23,509 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 22,759 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 23,281 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 23,304 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 22,809 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 23,668 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 23,891 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 24,070 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 24,525 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 24,870 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 25,133 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 25,421 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 26,106 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 26,546 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 26,969 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 27,566 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 29,125 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2021 | 28,603 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 27,430 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 27,389 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 27,528 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,099 kg/ha | 8,855 kg/ha | 11,746 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,332 kg/ha | 9,495 kg/ha | 15,131 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,057 kg/ha | 12,372 kg/ha | 22,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,687 kg/ha | 17,368 kg/ha | 25,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,141 kg/ha | 21,749 kg/ha | 24,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,510 kg/ha | 23,891 kg/ha | 27,566 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,015 kg/ha | 27,389 kg/ha | 29,125 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Argentina?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Argentina was 27,528 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 Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 29,125 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,855 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Argentina rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Argentina ranks 41st out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.