Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Western Asia
Western Asia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 29,632 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 29,632 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Western Asia peaked at 29,632 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,780 kg/ha, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 6th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,780 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,131 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1963 | 11,323 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 11,889 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 11,969 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 12,035 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 12,107 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1968 | 12,476 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 12,574 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 12,893 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 12,991 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 13,305 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 12,936 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 12,768 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1975 | 14,198 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 15,482 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1977 | 15,783 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 15,619 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 17,324 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1980 | 16,900 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 16,894 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 16,998 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 17,055 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 17,681 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1985 | 19,890 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1986 | 20,700 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 21,232 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 20,876 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 20,833 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 21,405 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 21,510 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 19,666 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 20,296 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 19,590 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 20,732 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 20,691 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 19,325 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 20,534 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 21,690 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 19,851 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2001 | 19,942 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 20,672 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2003 | 21,028 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 21,391 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 20,963 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 21,458 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 22,066 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 21,243 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 22,795 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 23,389 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 23,482 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 21,732 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 22,959 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 23,141 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 24,519 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 25,600 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 26,182 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 26,070 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 26,917 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 27,697 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 28,017 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 28,188 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 29,535 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2024 | 29,632 kg/ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,698 kg/ha | 9,780 kg/ha | 12,574 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,330 kg/ha | 12,768 kg/ha | 17,324 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,906 kg/ha | 16,894 kg/ha | 21,232 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,544 kg/ha | 19,325 kg/ha | 21,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,141 kg/ha | 19,851 kg/ha | 22,795 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,399 kg/ha | 21,732 kg/ha | 26,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,614 kg/ha | 27,697 kg/ha | 29,632 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 3 Denmark 45,835 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 45,136 kg/ha compare
- 5 Germany 45,015 kg/ha compare
- 6 France 42,436 kg/ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 42,221 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in Western Asia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Western Asia was 29,632 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 Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,632 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,780 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Western Asia ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.