Taro — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Taro — Area harvested was 5,425 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 5,425 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 45.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Americas peaked at 11,779 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,133 ha, in 1961.
Americas ranks 12th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,133 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,175 ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 2,222 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 2,249 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 2,340 ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 2,422 ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 2,471 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 2,390 ha | -3.3% |
| 1969 | 2,371 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 2,221 ha | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 2,401 ha | +8.1% |
| 1972 | 2,429 ha | +1.2% |
| 1973 | 2,581 ha | +6.3% |
| 1974 | 2,670 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 2,805 ha | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 2,848 ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 2,896 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 3,094 ha | +6.8% |
| 1979 | 2,709 ha | -12.4% |
| 1980 | 2,677 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 2,668 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 2,679 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 2,672 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 2,652 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 2,613 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 2,664 ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 2,661 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 3,316 ha | +24.6% |
| 1989 | 3,427 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 7,640 ha | +122.9% |
| 1991 | 7,243 ha | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 7,051 ha | -2.7% |
| 1993 | 6,810 ha | -3.4% |
| 1994 | 7,118 ha | +4.5% |
| 1995 | 6,863 ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 6,850 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 6,974 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 7,012 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 7,241 ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 7,586 ha | +4.8% |
| 2001 | 8,115 ha | +7.0% |
| 2002 | 8,578 ha | +5.7% |
| 2003 | 8,537 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 8,704 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 8,887 ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 8,712 ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 7,123 ha | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 7,254 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 7,595 ha | +4.7% |
| 2010 | 4,842 ha | -36.2% |
| 2011 | 4,431 ha | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 10,665 ha | +140.7% |
| 2013 | 11,779 ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 9,881 ha | -16.1% |
| 2015 | 8,848 ha | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 8,393 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 7,917 ha | -5.7% |
| 2018 | 5,402 ha | -31.8% |
| 2019 | 5,091 ha | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 7,415 ha | +45.6% |
| 2021 | 7,227 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 7,061 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 5,364 ha | -24.0% |
| 2024 | 5,425 ha | +1.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Americas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +140.7% | 4,431 ha | 10,665 ha |
| 1990 | +122.9% | 3,427 ha | 7,640 ha |
| 2020 | +45.6% | 5,091 ha | 7,415 ha |
| 2010 | -36.2% | 7,595 ha | 4,842 ha |
| 2018 | -31.8% | 7,917 ha | 5,402 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,308 ha | 2,133 ha | 2,471 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,665 ha | 2,221 ha | 3,094 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,803 ha | 2,613 ha | 3,427 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,080 ha | 6,810 ha | 7,640 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,109 ha | 7,123 ha | 8,887 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,725 ha | 4,431 ha | 11,779 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,498 ha | 5,364 ha | 7,415 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 361 ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 0 ha compare
- 11 Chad 27,836 ha compare
- 12 Central African Republic 15,914 ha compare
- 13 Philippines 15,107 ha compare
- 14 Gabon 14,932 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 2,662 ha compare
- 15 Thailand 10,467 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Americas?
- Taro — area harvested in Americas was 5,425 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 11,779 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,133 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for taro — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 12th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Area harvested. 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.