Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kuwait
Kuwait: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 37,802 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kuwait, 1971–2024
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 Kuwait is 37,802 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Kuwait peaked at 75,299 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6,000 kg/ha, in 1972.
Kuwait ranks 15th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 54 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kuwait, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 10,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1972 | 6,000 kg/ha | -43.8% |
| 1973 | 19,000 kg/ha | +216.7% |
| 1974 | 13,000 kg/ha | -31.6% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1976 | 14,000 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1977 | 16,400 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1978 | 15,889 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 16,667 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 17,294 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 16,842 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 17,500 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 17,000 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1984 | 17,250 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 22,323 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1986 | 19,758 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1987 | 22,267 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1988 | 22,054 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 21,922 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 20,000 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1991 | 16,667 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1992 | 45,571 kg/ha | +173.4% |
| 1993 | 45,737 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 40,467 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1995 | 40,586 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 40,549 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 40,560 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 28,347 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 1999 | 28,196 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 28,224 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 28,335 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 28,269 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 28,255 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 28,207 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 28,254 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 28,156 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 28,180 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 28,195 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 28,094 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 28,119 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 40,247 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 2012 | 35,985 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 26,743 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2014 | 41,622 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 2015 | 75,299 kg/ha | +80.9% |
| 2016 | 27,297 kg/ha | -63.7% |
| 2017 | 61,780 kg/ha | +126.3% |
| 2018 | 62,048 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 47,203 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2020 | 20,677 kg/ha | -56.2% |
| 2021 | 26,151 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 2022 | 36,223 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 2023 | 37,436 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 37,802 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Kuwait compared with similar countries
- Kuwait's 37,802 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Kuwait's 37,802 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 28,796 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Kuwait changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +216.7% | 6,000 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +173.4% | 16,667 kg/ha | 45,571 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +126.3% | 27,297 kg/ha | 61,780 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +80.9% | 41,622 kg/ha | 75,299 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -63.7% | 75,299 kg/ha | 27,297 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -56.2% | 47,203 kg/ha | 20,677 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 13,514 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 19,421 kg/ha | 16,842 kg/ha | 22,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,668 kg/ha | 16,667 kg/ha | 45,737 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,217 kg/ha | 28,094 kg/ha | 28,335 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,634 kg/ha | 26,743 kg/ha | 75,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,658 kg/ha | 20,677 kg/ha | 37,802 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,025 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 7,871 kg/ha compare
- 14 Belgium 39,592 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 7,788 kg/ha compare
- 16 Sweden 37,311 kg/ha compare
- 16 United Republic of Tanzania 6,489 kg/ha compare
- 17 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 6,370 kg/ha compare
- 17 Palestine 36,427 kg/ha compare
- 18 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 18 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Kuwait
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0053 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 171.42 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (2005)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Kuwait?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Kuwait was 37,802 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 75,299 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Kuwait rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Kuwait ranks 15th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.