Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 6,716 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Cuba stood at 6,716 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 2.3% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Cuba peaked at 9,550 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,741 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Cuba 163rd 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 Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,731 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,552 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 4,502 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1964 | 4,339 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 4,514 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 4,591 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 4,584 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 4,703 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 4,553 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1970 | 4,244 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 4,191 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 4,426 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 4,196 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 4,357 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 4,561 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 4,810 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1977 | 4,983 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 5,915 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1979 | 5,855 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 6,066 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1981 | 6,203 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 5,103 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1983 | 5,082 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 6,267 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1985 | 6,175 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 6,530 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 5,110 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1988 | 4,865 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 4,626 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 4,136 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1991 | 4,432 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1992 | 4,555 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 3,543 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1994 | 2,741 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1995 | 4,061 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1996 | 4,560 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1997 | 4,273 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1998 | 3,988 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 6,417 kg/ha | +60.9% |
| 2000 | 7,339 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2001 | 7,246 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 8,933 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 2003 | 8,740 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 7,937 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 7,160 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 7,270 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 6,760 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2008 | 7,100 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 6,363 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 6,213 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 7,189 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2012 | 7,224 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 6,917 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 9,550 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 2015 | 8,089 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 7,935 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 7,932 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 7,641 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 7,966 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 7,729 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 7,498 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 7,164 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 6,563 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2024 | 6,716 kg/ha | +2.3% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 6,716 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 40% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 6,716 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,572 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Cuba changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +60.9% | 3,988 kg/ha | 6,417 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +48.2% | 2,741 kg/ha | 4,061 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,563 kg/ha | 4,339 kg/ha | 4,731 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,754 kg/ha | 4,191 kg/ha | 5,915 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,603 kg/ha | 4,626 kg/ha | 6,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,270 kg/ha | 2,741 kg/ha | 6,417 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,485 kg/ha | 6,363 kg/ha | 8,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,666 kg/ha | 6,213 kg/ha | 9,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,134 kg/ha | 6,563 kg/ha | 7,729 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 160 Guinea-Bissau 6,974 kg/ha compare
- 161 Ethiopia PDR 6,784 kg/ha compare
- 162 Chad 6,720 kg/ha compare
- 164 Burkina Faso 6,702 kg/ha compare
- 165 Nigeria 6,458 kg/ha compare
- 166 Central African Republic 6,407 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Cuba?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Cuba was 6,716 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 9,550 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,741 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Cuba rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Cuba ranks 163rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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.