Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 20,036 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 20,036 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.3% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Thailand peaked at 22,721 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 12,108 kg/ha, in 1972.
Thailand ranks 68th of 191 countries 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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,900 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,660 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1963 | 14,925 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1964 | 14,595 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1965 | 14,227 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 14,420 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 14,533 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 15,149 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 16,032 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 15,127 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 14,014 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 12,108 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 13,080 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1974 | 13,141 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 14,857 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1976 | 14,986 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1977 | 14,222 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 15,475 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 13,942 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 14,728 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 14,249 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 16,287 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1983 | 18,578 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1984 | 14,931 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1985 | 13,976 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1986 | 12,655 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 14,239 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 14,398 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 15,200 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1990 | 13,895 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1991 | 13,727 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 14,018 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 14,029 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 13,800 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 13,036 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1996 | 14,172 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 14,699 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 14,903 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1999 | 15,463 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 16,805 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 17,473 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 17,004 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 19,184 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 20,164 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 17,095 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2006 | 20,914 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2007 | 22,721 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2008 | 21,096 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 22,494 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2010 | 18,438 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 19,155 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 21,737 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2013 | 21,651 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 22,070 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 22,374 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 21,848 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2017 | 21,706 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 21,864 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 22,226 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2020 | 20,197 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 20,955 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 21,324 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2023 | 20,518 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 20,036 kg/ha | -2.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,271 kg/ha | 14,227 kg/ha | 16,900 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,095 kg/ha | 12,108 kg/ha | 15,475 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,924 kg/ha | 12,655 kg/ha | 18,578 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,174 kg/ha | 13,036 kg/ha | 15,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,495 kg/ha | 16,805 kg/ha | 22,721 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,307 kg/ha | 18,438 kg/ha | 22,374 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,606 kg/ha | 20,036 kg/ha | 21,324 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 65 Azerbaijan 20,990 kg/ha compare
- 66 Ghana 20,590 kg/ha compare
- 67 Republic of Korea 20,345 kg/ha compare
- 69 Cook Islands 20,004 kg/ha compare
- 70 Tajikistan 19,963 kg/ha compare
- 71 Qatar 19,825 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.75 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.75 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Thailand?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Thailand was 20,036 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 22,721 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,108 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Thailand rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Thailand ranks 68th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.