Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 36,697 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in European Union (27), 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 European Union (27) is 36,697 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in European Union (27) peaked at 36,697 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,437 kg/ha, in 1962.
European Union (27) ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, 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 European Union (27), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,715 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,437 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 17,227 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1964 | 16,909 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 16,082 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1966 | 17,635 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1967 | 18,680 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1968 | 18,980 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 17,196 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 18,868 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1971 | 17,199 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1972 | 19,271 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 19,319 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 19,770 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 17,784 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1976 | 18,317 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 18,655 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 20,354 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 21,202 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 16,067 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1981 | 20,464 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1982 | 18,195 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 17,532 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 21,035 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 21,636 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 21,743 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 21,898 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 21,657 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 21,069 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1990 | 21,457 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 20,194 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 18,966 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1993 | 23,080 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1994 | 18,476 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1995 | 20,254 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1996 | 23,885 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1997 | 21,990 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 22,931 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 22,523 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 24,334 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 22,556 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 25,235 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2003 | 23,385 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 27,576 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2005 | 25,982 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2006 | 23,872 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2007 | 27,656 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2008 | 27,600 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 28,752 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 28,126 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 31,297 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 29,710 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 29,590 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 34,654 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2015 | 30,836 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2016 | 32,235 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 34,633 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2018 | 29,930 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2019 | 31,854 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2020 | 36,195 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 36,010 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 34,856 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 36,232 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2024 | 36,697 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,096 kg/ha | 15,437 kg/ha | 18,980 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,074 kg/ha | 17,199 kg/ha | 21,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,130 kg/ha | 16,067 kg/ha | 21,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,376 kg/ha | 18,476 kg/ha | 23,885 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,695 kg/ha | 22,556 kg/ha | 28,752 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,287 kg/ha | 28,126 kg/ha | 34,654 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,998 kg/ha | 34,856 kg/ha | 36,697 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 19,186 kg/ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 42,221 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in European Union (27)?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in European Union (27) was 36,697 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 European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 36,697 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,437 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does European Union (27) rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- European Union (27) ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.