Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Asia
Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 21,822 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 21,822 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Asia peaked at 21,837 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7,860 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Asia 5th out of 20 regions 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 Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,860 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,132 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 8,376 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 7,879 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 9,299 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1966 | 9,606 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 10,028 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 10,370 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 10,875 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1970 | 11,521 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 11,288 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 10,455 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1973 | 12,554 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1974 | 11,730 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1975 | 12,156 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 12,170 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 12,337 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 12,629 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1979 | 12,252 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1980 | 12,943 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 12,666 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 13,379 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1983 | 14,284 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 14,335 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 13,967 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1986 | 13,497 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1987 | 14,585 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1988 | 14,015 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 14,256 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 14,157 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 14,201 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 14,426 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 15,297 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1994 | 14,934 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 15,406 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1996 | 16,114 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 15,396 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 16,154 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1999 | 16,174 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 16,355 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 16,456 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 17,219 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 17,085 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 17,778 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 17,455 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 17,800 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 17,367 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 17,852 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 17,831 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 18,146 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 18,902 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2012 | 19,231 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 19,484 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 19,767 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 19,893 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 19,596 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 20,130 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 20,635 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 21,610 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2020 | 21,089 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 21,539 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 21,717 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 21,837 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 21,822 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,158 kg/ha | 7,860 kg/ha | 10,875 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,909 kg/ha | 10,455 kg/ha | 12,629 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,793 kg/ha | 12,666 kg/ha | 14,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,226 kg/ha | 14,157 kg/ha | 16,174 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,320 kg/ha | 16,355 kg/ha | 17,852 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,739 kg/ha | 18,146 kg/ha | 21,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,601 kg/ha | 21,089 kg/ha | 21,837 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 42,221 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested 2.65 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 531.98 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 4.18 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 73.05 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.10 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Asia was 21,822 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 Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,837 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,860 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Asia ranks 5th out of 20 regions with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.