Taro — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Taro — Area harvested was 142,471 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 142,471 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Asia peaked at 182,635 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 121,959 ha, in 1994.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 133,592 ha | — |
| 1962 | 136,814 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 138,541 ha | +1.3% |
| 1964 | 146,525 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 144,511 ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 143,523 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 143,303 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 141,648 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 146,124 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 148,834 ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 151,002 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 153,617 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 149,126 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 151,517 ha | +1.6% |
| 1975 | 153,463 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 167,777 ha | +9.3% |
| 1977 | 170,374 ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 175,032 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 173,958 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 171,875 ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 169,621 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 173,638 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 175,034 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 182,635 ha | +4.3% |
| 1985 | 169,610 ha | -7.1% |
| 1986 | 163,992 ha | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 157,034 ha | -4.2% |
| 1988 | 154,913 ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 148,127 ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 130,103 ha | -12.2% |
| 1991 | 123,621 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 125,094 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 125,363 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 121,959 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 127,454 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 131,791 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 131,221 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 130,608 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 129,997 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 128,872 ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 129,676 ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 129,322 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 133,626 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 131,050 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 127,935 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 128,569 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 129,513 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 130,721 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 133,211 ha | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 132,284 ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 131,867 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 133,298 ha | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 134,017 ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 147,553 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 147,252 ha | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 151,251 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 146,490 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 146,340 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 143,961 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 143,787 ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 143,765 ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 142,217 ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 140,602 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 142,471 ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,620 ha | 133,592 ha | 146,525 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 159,470 ha | 148,834 ha | 175,032 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 166,648 ha | 148,127 ha | 182,635 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 127,721 ha | 121,959 ha | 131,791 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 130,250 ha | 127,935 ha | 133,626 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 141,431 ha | 131,867 ha | 151,251 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 142,568 ha | 140,602 ha | 143,787 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Asia?
- Taro — area harvested in Asia was 142,471 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 182,635 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 121,959 ha in 1994.
- How does Asia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 3rd out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Asia 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.