Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 10,292 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 10,292 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 10,292 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,073 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,073 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,122 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 5,110 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 5,171 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 5,256 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 5,296 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 5,448 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 5,450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,312 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 5,323 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 5,257 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 5,319 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 5,328 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 5,350 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 5,700 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 5,863 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 6,035 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 5,860 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 6,201 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 6,236 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 6,388 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 6,436 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 6,472 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 6,481 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 6,648 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 6,702 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 6,596 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 6,671 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 6,606 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 6,738 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 6,632 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 6,546 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 6,664 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 6,518 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1995 | 6,526 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 6,496 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 6,589 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 6,659 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 7,138 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 7,353 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 7,667 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2002 | 7,708 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 7,444 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 7,507 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 7,614 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 8,023 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 8,122 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8,425 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 8,155 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 8,701 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 9,017 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 8,833 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 9,105 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 9,143 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 9,252 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 9,195 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 9,087 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 9,705 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 10,076 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 10,168 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 9,934 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2022 | 9,908 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,066 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 10,292 kg/ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,249 kg/ha | 5,073 kg/ha | 5,450 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,624 kg/ha | 5,257 kg/ha | 6,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,524 kg/ha | 6,236 kg/ha | 6,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,651 kg/ha | 6,496 kg/ha | 7,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,802 kg/ha | 7,353 kg/ha | 8,425 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,211 kg/ha | 8,701 kg/ha | 10,076 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,074 kg/ha | 9,908 kg/ha | 10,292 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 19,186 kg/ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15,956 kg/ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 42,221 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 8,699 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,838 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8,532 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 10,292 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 10,292 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,073 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.