Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mongolia
Mongolia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 12,818 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mongolia, 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 Mongolia is 12,818 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 38.8% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Mongolia peaked at 14,621 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,643 kg/ha, in 1972.
Mongolia ranks 123rd of 191 countries on this measure, 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 Mongolia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,647 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,311 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 1963 | 7,778 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1964 | 8,518 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1965 | 9,037 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1966 | 6,931 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 1967 | 6,000 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1968 | 8,194 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1969 | 5,370 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1970 | 7,172 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1971 | 5,636 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1972 | 3,643 kg/ha | -35.4% |
| 1973 | 10,382 kg/ha | +185.0% |
| 1974 | 5,700 kg/ha | -45.1% |
| 1975 | 9,465 kg/ha | +66.1% |
| 1976 | 7,660 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1977 | 7,825 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 7,462 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 9,918 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1980 | 5,122 kg/ha | -48.4% |
| 1981 | 8,596 kg/ha | +67.8% |
| 1982 | 10,013 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 1983 | 10,156 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 12,990 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1985 | 11,058 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1986 | 11,908 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1987 | 11,882 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 7,833 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1989 | 12,321 kg/ha | +57.3% |
| 1990 | 10,747 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 8,864 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1992 | 9,023 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 6,753 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1994 | 6,923 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 8,349 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1996 | 6,638 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 1997 | 8,288 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 1998 | 8,028 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 7,282 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2000 | 7,473 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 6,551 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2002 | 5,071 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 2003 | 9,342 kg/ha | +84.2% |
| 2004 | 8,833 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 8,480 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 10,172 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2007 | 9,989 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 10,965 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 11,180 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 12,158 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 13,114 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 14,621 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2013 | 12,360 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2014 | 12,229 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 12,755 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2016 | 11,004 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2017 | 9,332 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 13,219 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 2019 | 11,285 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 13,882 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2021 | 8,528 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 2022 | 10,184 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 9,234 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 12,818 kg/ha | +38.8% |
Mongolia compared with similar countries
- Mongolia's 12,818 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Mongolia's 12,818 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,930 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Mongolia 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 | +185.0% | 3,643 kg/ha | 10,382 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,421 kg/ha | 5,311 kg/ha | 9,647 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,486 kg/ha | 3,643 kg/ha | 10,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,188 kg/ha | 5,122 kg/ha | 12,990 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,089 kg/ha | 6,638 kg/ha | 10,747 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,806 kg/ha | 5,071 kg/ha | 11,180 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,208 kg/ha | 9,332 kg/ha | 14,621 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,929 kg/ha | 8,528 kg/ha | 13,882 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mongolia
- 120 Sri Lanka 13,051 kg/ha compare
- 121 China, Hong Kong SAR 13,005 kg/ha compare
- 122 Costa Rica 12,941 kg/ha compare
- 124 Seychelles 12,285 kg/ha compare
- 125 Botswana 12,224 kg/ha compare
- 126 French Polynesia 12,210 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mongolia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 30.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0894 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 635.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5968 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2885 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Mongolia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Mongolia was 12,818 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 Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 14,621 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,643 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Mongolia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Mongolia ranks 123rd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mongolia 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.