Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 13,473 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan is 13,473 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Bhutan peaked at 13,473 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,429 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Bhutan 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,458 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,429 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 6,451 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 6,472 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,522 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 6,540 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 6,558 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 6,556 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,505 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 6,492 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 6,548 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1972 | 6,500 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 6,553 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 6,568 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 6,594 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 6,643 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 6,690 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 6,736 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 6,781 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 6,734 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 6,787 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 6,826 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 6,777 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 7,627 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1985 | 6,894 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 6,970 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 8,903 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1988 | 9,574 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 9,577 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,719 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 8,145 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1992 | 8,222 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 8,204 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 8,273 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 8,419 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 8,380 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 8,412 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 8,432 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 8,068 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 7,628 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2001 | 7,938 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2002 | 7,843 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 9,141 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2004 | 11,261 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 2005 | 8,806 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 2006 | 9,073 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 9,474 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 9,140 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 9,065 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 11,271 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2011 | 9,458 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2012 | 10,605 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 11,782 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 10,190 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2015 | 11,313 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2016 | 11,103 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 11,890 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 11,415 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 11,919 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2020 | 12,309 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 12,884 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 11,889 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2023 | 13,052 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2024 | 13,473 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,499 kg/ha | 6,429 kg/ha | 6,558 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,610 kg/ha | 6,492 kg/ha | 6,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,667 kg/ha | 6,734 kg/ha | 9,577 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,427 kg/ha | 8,068 kg/ha | 9,719 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,937 kg/ha | 7,628 kg/ha | 11,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,095 kg/ha | 9,458 kg/ha | 11,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,721 kg/ha | 11,889 kg/ha | 13,473 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 112 Afghanistan 13,640 kg/ha compare
- 113 Myanmar 13,553 kg/ha compare
- 114 Malta 13,549 kg/ha compare
- 116 Solomon Islands 13,446 kg/ha compare
- 117 Iceland 13,351 kg/ha compare
- 118 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 13,165 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 13.68 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 13.68 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Bhutan?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Bhutan was 13,473 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 13,473 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,429 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Bhutan rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 115th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.