Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 14,581 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 14,581 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 76.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Vanuatu peaked at 22,909 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 7,600 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Vanuatu 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,546 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,727 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1963 | 22,909 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 22,087 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 21,695 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1966 | 21,667 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 20,880 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1968 | 20,938 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 20,769 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 20,222 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 19,643 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1972 | 19,857 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 19,586 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 19,655 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 19,527 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 19,333 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,889 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 19,474 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 19,487 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 19,221 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 13,000 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 1986 | 11,143 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1987 | 8,667 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 8,085 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 8,085 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,041 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 7,600 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 8,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 7,935 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 7,933 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 7,940 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 7,948 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 7,917 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 7,961 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 7,978 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 7,959 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 8,100 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 8,116 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 8,141 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 8,269 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 8,148 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 8,182 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 8,192 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 8,273 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 8,288 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 8,208 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 8,064 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 8,226 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 8,254 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 8,252 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 8,246 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 8,256 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 8,268 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 8,280 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,287 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 8,290 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 8,286 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 14,581 kg/ha | +76.0% |
| 2023 | 14,581 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 14,581 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 14,581 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,513 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 14,581 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,930 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Vanuatu changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +76.0% | 8,286 kg/ha | 14,581 kg/ha |
| 1985 | -32.4% | 19,221 kg/ha | 13,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,802 kg/ha | 20,769 kg/ha | 22,909 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,782 kg/ha | 19,333 kg/ha | 20,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,605 kg/ha | 8,085 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,925 kg/ha | 7,600 kg/ha | 8,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,167 kg/ha | 7,959 kg/ha | 8,288 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,234 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | 8,287 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,064 kg/ha | 8,286 kg/ha | 14,581 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Vanuatu?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Vanuatu was 14,581 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 22,909 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,600 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Vanuatu rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Vanuatu ranks 108th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 76.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.