Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 21,722 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Portugal, 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 Portugal is 21,722 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 3.2% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Portugal peaked at 24,602 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 7,662 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Portugal 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,592 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,673 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 10,496 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 1964 | 10,306 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 8,729 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1966 | 9,044 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 10,736 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1968 | 9,926 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1969 | 10,201 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 10,585 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 9,969 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 9,810 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 9,628 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 9,768 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 9,371 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1976 | 7,972 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1977 | 9,438 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1978 | 9,344 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 9,350 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 9,628 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 7,863 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1982 | 8,660 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1983 | 7,662 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 8,534 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1985 | 9,134 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1986 | 12,705 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1987 | 12,908 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 10,634 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1989 | 11,212 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 11,080 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 12,496 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1992 | 14,174 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1993 | 13,779 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 14,347 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 14,708 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 14,445 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 12,324 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1998 | 13,679 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 15,368 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2000 | 13,576 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2001 | 14,607 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2002 | 15,727 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 15,598 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2004 | 16,424 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 14,253 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2006 | 15,450 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 16,044 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 15,039 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2009 | 16,264 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 15,189 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2011 | 14,948 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 17,891 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 2013 | 18,358 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 19,945 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2015 | 19,822 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 19,425 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 21,775 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 20,754 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 23,585 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2020 | 23,368 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 24,602 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 22,042 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 22,450 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 21,722 kg/ha | -3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,745 kg/ha | 8,673 kg/ha | 10,736 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,523 kg/ha | 7,972 kg/ha | 10,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,894 kg/ha | 7,662 kg/ha | 12,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,640 kg/ha | 11,080 kg/ha | 15,368 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,298 kg/ha | 13,576 kg/ha | 16,424 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,169 kg/ha | 14,948 kg/ha | 23,585 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,837 kg/ha | 21,722 kg/ha | 24,602 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 59 Cyprus 22,095 kg/ha compare
- 60 Belarus 22,063 kg/ha compare
- 61 Kazakhstan 21,914 kg/ha compare
- 63 China 21,041 kg/ha compare
- 64 China, mainland 21,038 kg/ha compare
- 65 Azerbaijan 20,990 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Portugal?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Portugal was 21,722 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 Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 24,602 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,662 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Portugal rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Portugal ranks 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.