Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Seychelles
Seychelles: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 12,285 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Seychelles, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Seychelles recorded 12,285 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Seychelles peaked at 13,280 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 5,000 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Seychelles 124th 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 Seychelles, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,747 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,893 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 6,013 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 6,133 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 6,133 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,253 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 6,347 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 6,000 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1969 | 5,975 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1970 | 6,188 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 6,024 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1972 | 6,024 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,024 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,122 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 6,250 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 5,714 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1977 | 5,333 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1978 | 5,067 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1979 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 5,064 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1991 | 13,280 kg/ha | +162.2% |
| 1992 | 13,236 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 13,192 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 13,148 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 13,104 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 13,061 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 13,017 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 12,973 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 12,930 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 12,886 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 12,842 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 12,798 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 12,754 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 12,713 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 12,674 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 12,635 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 12,596 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 12,557 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 12,604 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 12,510 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 12,500 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 12,222 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 12,248 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 12,321 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 12,278 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 12,224 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 12,173 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 12,128 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 12,090 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 12,064 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 11,803 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 12,236 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 12,285 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 12,285 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 12,285 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 9,054 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Seychelles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +162.2% | 5,064 kg/ha | 13,280 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,055 kg/ha | 5,747 kg/ha | 6,347 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,775 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,301 kg/ha | 5,064 kg/ha | 13,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,706 kg/ha | 12,557 kg/ha | 12,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,310 kg/ha | 12,128 kg/ha | 12,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,095 kg/ha | 11,803 kg/ha | 12,285 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Seychelles
- 121 China, Hong Kong SAR 13,005 kg/ha compare
- 122 Costa Rica 12,941 kg/ha compare
- 123 Mongolia 12,818 kg/ha compare
- 125 Botswana 12,224 kg/ha compare
- 126 French Polynesia 12,210 kg/ha compare
- 127 El Salvador 12,203 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Seychelles
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 506.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5452 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 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Seychelles?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Seychelles was 12,285 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 Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 13,280 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Seychelles rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Seychelles ranks 124th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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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About this data
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.