Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mexico
Mexico: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 31,691 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mexico recorded 31,691 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Mexico peaked at 31,691 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,862 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Mexico 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mexico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,862 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,183 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1963 | 8,183 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,359 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 8,455 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 8,915 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 9,795 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1968 | 9,705 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 10,247 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1970 | 10,441 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 11,249 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 11,524 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 11,671 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1974 | 11,486 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1975 | 12,258 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1976 | 12,442 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 11,939 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1978 | 13,508 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1979 | 12,174 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 13,407 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1981 | 12,779 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1982 | 14,713 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1983 | 12,154 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1984 | 14,708 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1985 | 14,259 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 14,635 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 14,088 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 13,789 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 15,036 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1990 | 16,195 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 16,639 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1992 | 17,283 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 17,398 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 19,485 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 20,335 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 20,754 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 20,942 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 20,803 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 22,345 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 23,718 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2001 | 23,664 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 23,544 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 25,331 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 24,132 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 25,736 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2006 | 24,952 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 26,715 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 27,250 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 27,210 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 27,187 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 25,846 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 26,308 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 26,254 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 26,631 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 26,579 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 27,572 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 28,510 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 29,342 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 29,518 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 30,775 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 30,644 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 30,467 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 30,828 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 31,691 kg/ha | +2.8% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 31,691 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 31,691 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,572 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,745 kg/ha | 6,862 kg/ha | 10,247 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,869 kg/ha | 10,441 kg/ha | 13,508 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,957 kg/ha | 12,154 kg/ha | 15,036 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,218 kg/ha | 16,195 kg/ha | 22,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,225 kg/ha | 23,544 kg/ha | 27,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,375 kg/ha | 25,846 kg/ha | 29,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 30,881 kg/ha | 30,467 kg/ha | 31,691 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Mexico?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Mexico was 31,691 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 Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 31,691 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,862 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Mexico ranks 25th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.