Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 26,593 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Europe stood at 26,593 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Europe peaked at 26,593 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,182 kg/ha, in 1962.
Southern Europe ranks 7th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,169 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,182 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1963 | 10,788 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1964 | 10,201 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1965 | 9,384 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 10,663 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1967 | 10,764 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 10,862 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 11,512 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1970 | 11,603 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 11,392 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1972 | 11,446 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 12,237 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1974 | 12,443 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 11,898 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 12,525 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1977 | 12,795 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 12,293 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1979 | 13,332 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 13,336 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13,411 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 12,979 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 12,850 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 13,612 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 13,644 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 14,376 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 14,507 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 12,676 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1989 | 14,470 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1990 | 14,056 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 14,897 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 15,781 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 14,553 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 15,164 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 15,451 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 15,825 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 15,752 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 16,297 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 16,850 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 16,182 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 17,483 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 17,715 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 15,646 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2004 | 18,814 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2005 | 18,672 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 18,826 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 18,910 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 18,111 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 20,576 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2010 | 19,731 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 19,882 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 20,011 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 21,102 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2014 | 21,761 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 22,425 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 23,159 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 22,655 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 23,141 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 24,839 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2020 | 24,620 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 24,840 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 25,246 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 25,965 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 26,593 kg/ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,392 kg/ha | 9,182 kg/ha | 11,512 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,196 kg/ha | 11,392 kg/ha | 13,332 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,586 kg/ha | 12,676 kg/ha | 14,507 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,463 kg/ha | 14,056 kg/ha | 16,850 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,094 kg/ha | 15,646 kg/ha | 20,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,870 kg/ha | 19,731 kg/ha | 24,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,453 kg/ha | 24,620 kg/ha | 26,593 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Europe?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Southern Europe was 26,593 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 26,593 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,182 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Southern Europe rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Southern Europe ranks 7th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.