Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Panama
Panama: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 11,425 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Panama, 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 Panama is 11,425 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 13.0% on the previous year and up 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Panama peaked at 12,678 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5,036 kg/ha, in 1990.
Panama ranks 129th 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,700 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,505 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 7,308 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1964 | 7,354 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 7,649 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 7,691 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 7,499 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 7,810 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 7,332 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1970 | 7,876 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 7,931 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 8,110 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 8,058 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 8,199 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 8,115 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 8,379 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1977 | 8,209 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 8,012 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 8,185 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 7,959 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 7,242 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1982 | 7,832 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1983 | 7,527 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 7,230 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1985 | 7,225 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 7,794 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1987 | 7,742 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 7,555 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 6,739 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1990 | 5,036 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1991 | 6,436 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1992 | 6,457 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 6,593 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 6,972 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1995 | 7,269 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 7,250 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 8,310 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1998 | 9,891 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1999 | 9,421 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 9,762 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 11,315 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2002 | 11,992 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 9,750 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2004 | 9,052 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2005 | 10,046 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2006 | 12,394 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2007 | 12,678 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 9,190 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2009 | 9,111 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 9,057 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 7,749 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2012 | 9,389 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 10,278 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 9,929 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 9,003 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 10,705 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2017 | 9,647 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 8,929 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 8,587 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 8,993 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 9,598 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 9,822 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 10,111 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 11,425 kg/ha | +13.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 11,425 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 41% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Panama's 11,425 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 12,572 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,539 kg/ha | 7,308 kg/ha | 7,810 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,107 kg/ha | 7,876 kg/ha | 8,379 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,484 kg/ha | 6,739 kg/ha | 7,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,364 kg/ha | 5,036 kg/ha | 9,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,529 kg/ha | 9,052 kg/ha | 12,678 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,327 kg/ha | 7,749 kg/ha | 10,705 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,990 kg/ha | 8,993 kg/ha | 11,425 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 126 French Polynesia 12,210 kg/ha compare
- 127 El Salvador 12,203 kg/ha compare
- 128 Serbia and Montenegro 11,562 kg/ha compare
- 130 Kenya 11,283 kg/ha compare
- 131 Tonga 10,967 kg/ha compare
- 132 Cameroon 10,949 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Panama?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Panama was 11,425 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 12,678 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,036 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Panama rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Panama ranks 129th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.