Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Northern America
Northern America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 45,174 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 45,174 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Northern America peaked at 46,380 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 19,853 kg/ha, in 1964.
Northern America ranks 2nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Northern America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,004 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,050 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 20,865 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 19,853 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1965 | 21,372 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 21,729 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 21,535 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 22,232 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 22,823 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 23,580 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1971 | 23,672 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 24,166 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 23,737 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 25,569 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 26,155 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1976 | 26,958 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 27,063 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 27,573 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 28,142 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 27,242 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 28,459 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 28,958 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 27,657 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 28,816 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 31,186 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1986 | 30,707 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 31,510 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 29,583 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1989 | 30,232 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 30,695 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 25,291 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1992 | 26,910 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 26,655 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 27,755 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 25,995 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 28,027 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 27,138 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 26,970 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 27,633 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 29,159 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 26,212 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2002 | 26,941 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 27,062 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 28,539 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2005 | 28,294 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 29,367 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 29,249 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 29,133 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 30,541 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 41,805 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2011 | 41,098 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 42,439 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 43,501 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 43,859 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 43,578 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 43,596 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 43,992 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 44,560 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2019 | 45,165 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 44,644 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 44,200 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 44,270 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 46,380 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 45,174 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,163 kg/ha | 19,853 kg/ha | 22,823 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,661 kg/ha | 23,580 kg/ha | 28,142 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,435 kg/ha | 27,242 kg/ha | 31,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,307 kg/ha | 25,291 kg/ha | 30,695 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,450 kg/ha | 26,212 kg/ha | 30,541 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,359 kg/ha | 41,098 kg/ha | 45,165 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,934 kg/ha | 44,200 kg/ha | 46,380 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern America
- 1 New Zealand 46,958 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 35,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -6.18 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate 3.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Northern America?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Northern America was 45,174 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 Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 46,380 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,853 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Northern America rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Northern America ranks 2nd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.