Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kiribati
Kiribati: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 5,340 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kiribati, 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 Kiribati is 5,340 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Kiribati peaked at 8,657 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3,972 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Kiribati 173rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,657 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,529 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1963 | 8,406 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 7,847 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 7,044 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 7,169 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1967 | 7,647 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 8,333 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1969 | 8,315 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 8,297 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 7,810 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1972 | 8,350 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1973 | 8,365 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 8,411 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 8,468 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1976 | 8,468 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 8,454 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 8,440 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 8,426 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 7,850 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1981 | 7,757 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 8,411 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1983 | 8,411 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,411 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,302 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 8,190 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 8,077 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 6,893 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1989 | 6,569 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 8,041 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1991 | 3,972 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 4,075 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 4,167 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 4,170 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 4,210 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 4,208 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 4,223 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 4,210 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 4,261 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 4,250 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 4,397 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 4,524 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 4,651 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 4,747 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 4,886 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 4,889 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 4,891 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,041 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 5,255 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 5,425 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 5,625 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 5,714 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 5,808 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 5,806 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,832 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 5,571 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 5,432 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 5,326 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 5,224 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 5,441 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 5,362 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 5,348 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 5,340 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,994 kg/ha | 7,044 kg/ha | 8,657 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,349 kg/ha | 7,810 kg/ha | 8,468 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,887 kg/ha | 6,569 kg/ha | 8,411 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,528 kg/ha | 3,972 kg/ha | 8,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,654 kg/ha | 4,250 kg/ha | 5,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,579 kg/ha | 5,255 kg/ha | 5,832 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,343 kg/ha | 5,224 kg/ha | 5,441 kg/ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 590.95 current US$ per person (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2317 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 79.49 million current US$ (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.17 (2024)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.17 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Kiribati?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Kiribati was 5,340 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 8,657 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,972 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Kiribati rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Kiribati ranks 173rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.