Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Europe
Europe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 25,255 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Europe, 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 Europe is 25,255 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 14.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Europe peaked at 25,255 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,648 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Europe 8th out of 29 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,488 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,648 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 12,787 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1964 | 13,869 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 13,088 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 13,812 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 14,788 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 15,378 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 14,070 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 15,134 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1971 | 14,307 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1972 | 14,006 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 16,088 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1974 | 14,468 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 13,950 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 14,811 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 14,979 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 15,911 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 16,660 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 12,690 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 1981 | 14,901 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1982 | 14,507 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1983 | 14,487 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 16,263 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1985 | 15,822 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 17,136 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 16,304 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 15,005 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 15,916 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1990 | 15,356 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 14,570 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 14,961 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 16,907 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1994 | 14,098 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1995 | 15,118 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 16,878 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1997 | 15,448 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1998 | 15,258 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 14,887 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 16,577 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 15,783 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2002 | 16,287 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 16,423 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 18,470 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2005 | 17,904 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 17,811 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 19,040 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2008 | 19,417 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 19,715 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 17,832 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 21,217 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2012 | 19,546 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 20,133 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 22,151 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 21,020 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 22,333 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 23,785 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 22,146 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 22,865 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 23,788 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 23,665 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 24,205 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 24,751 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 25,255 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,548 kg/ha | 11,648 kg/ha | 15,378 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,031 kg/ha | 13,950 kg/ha | 16,660 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,303 kg/ha | 12,690 kg/ha | 17,136 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,348 kg/ha | 14,098 kg/ha | 16,907 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,743 kg/ha | 15,783 kg/ha | 19,715 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,303 kg/ha | 17,832 kg/ha | 23,785 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,333 kg/ha | 23,665 kg/ha | 25,255 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Europe?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Europe was 25,255 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 25,255 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,648 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Europe rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 29 regions with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.