Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 7,688 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Liberia stood at 7,688 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Liberia peaked at 8,933 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 5,503 kg/ha, in 1984.
Liberia ranks 157th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,808 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,808 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,910 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 5,849 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1965 | 5,910 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1966 | 5,935 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 5,947 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 6,049 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 6,053 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 6,158 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 6,206 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 6,162 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 5,818 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 5,984 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 5,936 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 6,400 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1977 | 6,591 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 6,796 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 6,898 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 6,890 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 6,892 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 6,915 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 6,337 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 5,503 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1985 | 6,483 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1986 | 6,678 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1987 | 8,119 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1988 | 8,617 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1989 | 6,628 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1990 | 7,380 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1991 | 6,685 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1992 | 6,555 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1993 | 6,474 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 6,529 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 6,551 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 6,900 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 6,836 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 6,834 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,777 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 6,798 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 6,831 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 6,805 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 6,748 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 6,695 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 6,633 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 6,268 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 6,992 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 7,092 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 7,969 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2010 | 8,132 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 8,083 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 7,852 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 7,936 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 7,663 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 7,560 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 5,901 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 2017 | 8,898 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 2018 | 8,933 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 7,475 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 7,720 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 7,671 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2022 | 7,843 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 7,762 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 7,688 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,919 kg/ha | 5,808 kg/ha | 6,053 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,295 kg/ha | 5,818 kg/ha | 6,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,906 kg/ha | 5,503 kg/ha | 8,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,752 kg/ha | 6,474 kg/ha | 7,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,883 kg/ha | 6,268 kg/ha | 7,969 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,843 kg/ha | 5,901 kg/ha | 8,933 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,737 kg/ha | 7,671 kg/ha | 7,843 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 154 Belize 8,067 kg/ha compare
- 155 Papua New Guinea 7,967 kg/ha compare
- 156 Madagascar 7,878 kg/ha compare
- 158 Sudan (former) 7,457 kg/ha compare
- 159 Tuvalu 7,070 kg/ha compare
- 160 Guinea-Bissau 6,974 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Liberia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Liberia was 7,688 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 Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,933 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,503 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does Liberia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Liberia ranks 157th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.