Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 2,976 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis is 2,976 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 4,293 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2,565 kg/ha, in 1963.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 186th of 191 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,607 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,607 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,565 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 2,565 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,574 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1966 | 2,583 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1967 | 3,035 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1968 | 3,080 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 3,103 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 3,146 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 3,274 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 3,054 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 2,852 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1974 | 2,804 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 3,400 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1976 | 3,443 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 3,506 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 3,576 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 3,600 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 3,716 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 3,759 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 3,806 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 3,689 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1984 | 3,709 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 3,709 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,603 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 3,615 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 3,548 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 3,547 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,625 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 3,656 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 3,657 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 3,514 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 3,328 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 3,250 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1996 | 3,224 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 3,068 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 3,275 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1999 | 3,160 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 3,285 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 3,386 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 3,488 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 3,423 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 3,421 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,988 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2006 | 3,481 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2007 | 3,605 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 4,293 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 2009 | 4,107 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 3,510 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 3,908 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2012 | 3,844 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 3,603 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2014 | 3,801 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2015 | 2,952 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2016 | 2,988 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 3,058 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 2,954 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 3,315 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2020 | 2,994 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2021 | 3,041 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 2,985 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 3,018 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2,976 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,747 kg/ha | 2,565 kg/ha | 3,103 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,266 kg/ha | 2,804 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,670 kg/ha | 3,547 kg/ha | 3,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,376 kg/ha | 3,068 kg/ha | 3,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,548 kg/ha | 2,988 kg/ha | 4,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,393 kg/ha | 2,952 kg/ha | 3,908 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,003 kg/ha | 2,976 kg/ha | 3,041 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 183 Haiti 3,892 kg/ha compare
- 184 Saint Lucia 3,757 kg/ha compare
- 185 Eritrea 3,432 kg/ha compare
- 187 Mauritania 2,810 kg/ha compare
- 188 Uganda 2,794 kg/ha compare
- 189 Brunei Darussalam 2,362 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 325.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.681 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 2,976 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 Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 4,293 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,565 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 186th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.