Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in World
World: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 13,121 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
World recorded 13,121 kg/ha for roots and tubers, total — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in World peaked at 14,064 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 9,305 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places World 21st out of 29 groups 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,568 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,305 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 9,866 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 10,020 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 10,308 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 10,656 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 11,153 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 11,429 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 11,121 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 11,619 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 11,157 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1972 | 10,733 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 12,026 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 11,304 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 11,342 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 11,574 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 11,774 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 12,120 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 12,232 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 11,381 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1981 | 11,791 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 11,861 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 12,135 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 12,678 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 12,562 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 12,653 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1987 | 12,838 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 12,372 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1989 | 12,599 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 12,460 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 12,124 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 12,305 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 13,098 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1994 | 12,377 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 12,762 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1996 | 13,301 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 12,898 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 12,880 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 12,826 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 13,210 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 13,024 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 13,387 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 13,256 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 13,759 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2005 | 13,577 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 13,753 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 13,568 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 14,064 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 13,835 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 13,726 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 13,902 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 13,232 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 13,162 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 13,505 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 13,183 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 13,479 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 13,626 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 13,824 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 13,118 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 13,049 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 13,034 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 13,092 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 13,172 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2024 | 13,121 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,381 kg/ha | 9,305 kg/ha | 11,429 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,588 kg/ha | 10,733 kg/ha | 12,232 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,287 kg/ha | 11,381 kg/ha | 12,838 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,703 kg/ha | 12,124 kg/ha | 13,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,543 kg/ha | 13,024 kg/ha | 14,064 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,476 kg/ha | 13,118 kg/ha | 13,902 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,094 kg/ha | 13,034 kg/ha | 13,172 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 18 Republic of Moldova 6,035 kg/ha compare
- 18 Switzerland 34,690 kg/ha compare
- 19 Algeria 33,944 kg/ha compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 5,785 kg/ha compare
- 20 Chile 33,633 kg/ha compare
- 20 Timor-Leste 3,095 kg/ha compare
- 21 Israel 33,454 kg/ha compare
- 22 Cabo Verde 10,604 kg/ha compare
- 22 Saudi Arabia 33,172 kg/ha compare
- 23 Morocco 32,702 kg/ha compare
- 24 Spain 32,109 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — yield in World?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in World was 13,121 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 World?
- The highest recorded value was 14,064 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,305 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does World rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- World ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.