Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 23,861 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 23,861 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 24,494 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,914 kg/ha, in 1962.
Southern Asia ranks 10th of 29 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,316 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,914 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1963 | 7,441 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 7,871 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 8,933 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1966 | 8,822 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1967 | 8,771 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 9,473 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 9,759 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 9,780 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 10,565 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 11,039 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 10,420 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 9,913 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1975 | 10,402 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1976 | 11,021 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 11,156 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 11,503 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 12,130 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 11,920 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1981 | 12,745 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 12,388 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1983 | 12,827 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 13,722 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1985 | 13,651 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 12,326 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 13,647 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1988 | 14,163 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 14,301 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 14,278 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 14,982 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 15,218 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 14,854 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1994 | 15,984 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1995 | 15,810 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1996 | 16,055 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 17,275 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 15,180 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 16,444 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 17,520 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2001 | 17,328 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 17,990 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2003 | 16,925 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 18,061 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 18,559 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 18,262 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 17,438 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 19,286 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2009 | 18,873 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 20,138 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 21,719 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2012 | 21,397 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 21,911 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 22,099 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 21,645 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 20,065 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2017 | 21,140 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2018 | 22,707 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 22,326 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 22,907 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 23,397 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 24,106 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 24,494 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 23,861 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,367 kg/ha | 6,914 kg/ha | 9,759 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,793 kg/ha | 9,780 kg/ha | 12,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,169 kg/ha | 11,920 kg/ha | 14,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,608 kg/ha | 14,278 kg/ha | 17,275 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,024 kg/ha | 16,925 kg/ha | 19,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,515 kg/ha | 20,065 kg/ha | 22,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,753 kg/ha | 22,907 kg/ha | 24,494 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 42,221 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 10 Australia 40,838 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,025 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -2.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.0964 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Asia was 23,861 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 24,494 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,914 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Southern Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.