Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 17,267 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Suriname, 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 Suriname is 17,267 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.5% on the previous year and down 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Suriname peaked at 23,270 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,893 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Suriname 90th 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,113 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,368 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 8,098 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 7,446 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1965 | 7,281 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 6,447 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1967 | 4,681 kg/ha | -27.4% |
| 1968 | 4,976 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1969 | 6,058 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1970 | 7,047 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1971 | 6,155 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1972 | 6,378 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 6,444 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1974 | 6,298 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1975 | 5,349 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1976 | 5,900 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1977 | 5,282 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1978 | 6,899 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 1979 | 6,766 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1980 | 6,245 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1981 | 2,893 kg/ha | -53.7% |
| 1982 | 6,526 kg/ha | +125.6% |
| 1983 | 6,254 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1984 | 6,099 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 6,461 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 4,699 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1987 | 13,082 kg/ha | +178.4% |
| 1988 | 10,575 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1989 | 10,610 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 11,536 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 13,323 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1992 | 12,542 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 11,756 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1994 | 12,131 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 13,648 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 15,013 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 14,168 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1998 | 10,156 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1999 | 14,058 kg/ha | +38.4% |
| 2000 | 13,077 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 17,614 kg/ha | +34.7% |
| 2002 | 17,575 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 18,437 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 17,946 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 18,260 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 18,067 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 21,447 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2008 | 21,214 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 23,020 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 22,560 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 19,814 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2012 | 19,406 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 23,270 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 2014 | 20,470 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 18,825 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 20,281 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 20,638 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 21,802 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 21,208 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 19,445 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 19,724 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 15,894 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2023 | 16,530 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2024 | 17,267 kg/ha | +4.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,830 kg/ha | 4,681 kg/ha | 8,368 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,252 kg/ha | 5,282 kg/ha | 7,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,344 kg/ha | 2,893 kg/ha | 13,082 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,833 kg/ha | 10,156 kg/ha | 15,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,665 kg/ha | 13,077 kg/ha | 23,020 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,827 kg/ha | 18,825 kg/ha | 23,270 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,772 kg/ha | 15,894 kg/ha | 19,724 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Suriname?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Suriname was 17,267 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 23,270 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,893 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Suriname rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Suriname ranks 90th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.