Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 20,774 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 20,774 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.2% on the previous year and up 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Eastern Asia peaked at 21,518 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 8,030 kg/ha, in 1961.
Eastern Asia ranks 14th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,030 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,374 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 8,797 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 8,031 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1965 | 9,950 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1966 | 10,255 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1967 | 10,939 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 11,309 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 11,937 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 12,765 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 12,392 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 11,217 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1973 | 14,121 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1974 | 12,967 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 13,255 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 13,148 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 13,466 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 13,660 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 13,291 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 14,372 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1981 | 13,775 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 14,699 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1983 | 15,740 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 16,013 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 15,410 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 14,919 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 16,092 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 15,104 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 15,246 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 15,217 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 15,186 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 15,594 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 17,171 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 16,468 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 17,250 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1996 | 18,080 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 16,446 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 17,984 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1999 | 17,513 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 17,472 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 17,467 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 18,460 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 18,058 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2004 | 18,706 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 18,180 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 18,369 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 17,424 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 17,674 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 17,322 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 17,717 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 18,236 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 18,377 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 18,421 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 18,424 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 18,456 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 18,516 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 19,143 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 19,644 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 21,518 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 20,195 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 20,455 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 20,433 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 20,531 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 20,774 kg/ha | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,736 kg/ha | 8,030 kg/ha | 11,937 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,028 kg/ha | 11,217 kg/ha | 14,121 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,137 kg/ha | 13,775 kg/ha | 16,092 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,691 kg/ha | 15,186 kg/ha | 18,080 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,913 kg/ha | 17,322 kg/ha | 18,706 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,845 kg/ha | 17,717 kg/ha | 21,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,477 kg/ha | 20,195 kg/ha | 20,774 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8,532 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,025 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 7,871 kg/ha compare
- 14 Belgium 39,592 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 7,788 kg/ha compare
- 15 Kuwait 37,802 kg/ha compare
- 16 Sweden 37,311 kg/ha compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 6,489 kg/ha compare
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,370 kg/ha compare
- 17 Palestine 36,427 kg/ha compare
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- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.9519 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Eastern Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Eastern Asia was 20,774 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,518 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,030 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Eastern Asia ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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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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.