Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Eritrea
Eritrea: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 3,432 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 3,432 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Eritrea peaked at 3,564 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,614 kg/ha, in 2003.
Eritrea ranks 185th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3,338 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 3,320 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 3,326 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 3,301 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 3,310 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 3,354 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 3,247 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 3,019 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 2,754 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2002 | 2,769 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 2,614 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2004 | 2,853 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 2,978 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 3,006 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 2,881 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 2,955 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2009 | 3,058 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 3,147 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2011 | 3,220 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 3,343 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2013 | 3,306 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 3,346 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3,519 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 3,373 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 3,443 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 3,440 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,418 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,431 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,537 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2022 | 3,564 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 3,404 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 3,432 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 3,432 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,819 kg/ha, 39% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 3,432 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 38% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,314 kg/ha | 3,247 kg/ha | 3,354 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 2,889 kg/ha | 2,614 kg/ha | 3,058 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,355 kg/ha | 3,147 kg/ha | 3,519 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,474 kg/ha | 3,404 kg/ha | 3,564 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
- 182 Antigua and Barbuda 3,917 kg/ha compare
- 183 Haiti 3,892 kg/ha compare
- 184 Saint Lucia 3,757 kg/ha compare
- 186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,976 kg/ha compare
- 187 Mauritania 2,810 kg/ha compare
- 188 Uganda 2,794 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eritrea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.26 % change on previous year (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1412 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2009)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 90.81 current US$ per person (2009)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.01 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0009 units per US$ of GDP (2011)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6546 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.1% (2009)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.1% (2009)
- Rural population 65.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Eritrea?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Eritrea was 3,432 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 3,564 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,614 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Eritrea rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Eritrea ranks 185th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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.