Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Samoa
Samoa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 5,830 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 5,830 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Samoa peaked at 7,166 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 2,706 kg/ha, in 1994.
Samoa ranks 169th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,894 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,894 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,982 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 6,998 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 7,084 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 7,083 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,077 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 7,031 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 6,859 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1970 | 6,697 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 6,852 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 6,866 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 6,870 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 6,868 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,878 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,853 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 6,853 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,911 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 6,967 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 7,021 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 7,039 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 7,166 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1983 | 7,051 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 7,078 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 6,958 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 6,838 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 6,724 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1988 | 6,569 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 6,342 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1990 | 4,393 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 1991 | 4,151 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 4,403 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 3,975 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 2,706 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1995 | 3,388 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1996 | 3,814 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1997 | 3,664 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 3,902 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1999 | 3,990 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 5,246 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2001 | 5,244 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 5,117 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 5,011 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 5,049 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 5,057 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,171 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 5,580 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 5,244 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2009 | 5,467 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 5,379 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 5,326 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 5,249 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2013 | 5,249 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 5,092 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 4,367 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2016 | 5,154 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 5,116 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 5,228 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 5,886 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2020 | 5,782 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 5,804 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,820 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 5,783 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 5,830 kg/ha | +0.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 5,830 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 16,960 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 5,830 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,930 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | -31.9% | 3,975 kg/ha | 2,706 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +31.5% | 3,990 kg/ha | 5,246 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -30.7% | 6,342 kg/ha | 4,393 kg/ha |
| 1995 | +25.2% | 2,706 kg/ha | 3,388 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,989 kg/ha | 6,859 kg/ha | 7,084 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,862 kg/ha | 6,697 kg/ha | 6,967 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,879 kg/ha | 6,342 kg/ha | 7,166 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,839 kg/ha | 2,706 kg/ha | 4,403 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,219 kg/ha | 5,011 kg/ha | 5,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,205 kg/ha | 4,367 kg/ha | 5,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,804 kg/ha | 5,782 kg/ha | 5,830 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Samoa?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Samoa was 5,830 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,166 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,706 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Samoa rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Samoa ranks 169th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.