Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 15,250 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Faroe Islands, 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 Faroe Islands is 15,250 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Faroe Islands peaked at 16,694 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 12,331 kg/ha, in 1964.
Faroe Islands ranks 103rd of 191 countries 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 Faroe Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,867 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,874 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1963 | 14,277 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 12,331 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 12,874 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 15,980 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1967 | 14,139 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1968 | 15,448 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1969 | 13,633 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1970 | 16,694 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1971 | 13,412 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1972 | 12,511 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 12,747 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1974 | 15,435 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1975 | 13,065 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1976 | 14,263 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1977 | 13,684 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 13,684 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 13,684 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 13,684 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13,684 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 13,684 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 13,711 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 13,636 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 13,726 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 13,592 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 13,592 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 13,462 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 13,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 13,679 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 13,779 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 13,796 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 13,813 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 13,830 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 13,847 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 13,864 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 13,880 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 13,897 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 13,913 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 13,929 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 13,945 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 13,960 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 13,975 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 13,990 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 14,005 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 14,019 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 14,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 14,069 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 14,106 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 14,146 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 14,189 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 14,546 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 14,657 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 14,366 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 15,137 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 14,826 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 14,870 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 14,948 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 15,008 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 15,045 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 15,130 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 15,191 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 15,250 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,936 kg/ha | 12,331 kg/ha | 15,980 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,918 kg/ha | 12,511 kg/ha | 16,694 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,610 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 13,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,830 kg/ha | 13,679 kg/ha | 13,913 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,000 kg/ha | 13,929 kg/ha | 14,106 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,597 kg/ha | 14,146 kg/ha | 15,137 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,125 kg/ha | 15,008 kg/ha | 15,250 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Faroe Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2009)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.1% (2009)
- Rural population 60.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 33,136 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 651.17 million current US$ (2024)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.07 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.07 (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0936 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Faroe Islands?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Faroe Islands was 15,250 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 Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 16,694 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,331 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Faroe Islands ranks 103rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands 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.