Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in United States of America
United States of America: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 46,439 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in United States of America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 46,439 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in United States of America peaked at 48,045 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 20,010 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places United States of America 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in United States of America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,729 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,393 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 21,423 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 20,010 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1965 | 22,150 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1966 | 22,242 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 22,369 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 22,788 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1969 | 23,587 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 24,416 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 24,539 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 25,140 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 24,553 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1974 | 26,283 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 27,186 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 27,838 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1977 | 27,915 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 28,467 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 28,915 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 28,098 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 29,372 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 29,853 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 28,699 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1984 | 29,856 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 32,128 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 31,820 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 32,504 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 30,616 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 31,288 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 31,828 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 33,090 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 35,070 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 35,299 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 36,860 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 35,166 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 38,041 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 37,499 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 37,189 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 38,836 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 40,971 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 38,549 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 39,147 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 39,582 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 42,012 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 41,931 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 42,420 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 42,535 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 42,455 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 44,399 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 42,637 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2011 | 42,383 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 43,531 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 44,224 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 44,562 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 43,823 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 44,962 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 45,294 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 46,170 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 47,179 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 47,275 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 45,666 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2022 | 45,512 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 48,045 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 46,439 kg/ha | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,744 kg/ha | 20,010 kg/ha | 23,587 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 26,525 kg/ha | 24,416 kg/ha | 28,915 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,423 kg/ha | 28,098 kg/ha | 32,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,888 kg/ha | 31,828 kg/ha | 38,836 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,400 kg/ha | 38,549 kg/ha | 44,399 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,477 kg/ha | 42,383 kg/ha | 47,179 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 46,587 kg/ha | 45,512 kg/ha | 48,045 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 1 New Zealand 46,958 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 35,246 kg/ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 32,280 kg/ha compare
- 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 46,581 kg/ha compare
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 3 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27,906 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 4 Syrian Arab Republic 23,888 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in United States of America?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in United States of America was 46,439 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 48,045 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,010 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does United States of America rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- United States of America ranks 1st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States of America 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.