Taro — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Taro — Area harvested was 2,662 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 2,662 ha.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 2,983 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,314 ha, in 1992.
Caribbean ranks 14th of 21 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,350 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,365 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 1,393 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 1,480 ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 1,568 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 1,666 ha | +6.2% |
| 1967 | 1,735 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 1,817 ha | +4.7% |
| 1969 | 1,797 ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 1,812 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 1,863 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 1,902 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 1,993 ha | +4.8% |
| 1974 | 2,082 ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 2,137 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 2,179 ha | +2.0% |
| 1977 | 2,218 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 2,333 ha | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 2,061 ha | -11.7% |
| 1980 | 2,062 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,078 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 2,086 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 2,055 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 2,032 ha | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 1,993 ha | -1.9% |
| 1986 | 1,979 ha | -0.7% |
| 1987 | 1,976 ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 2,289 ha | +15.8% |
| 1989 | 2,130 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 2,126 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 1,506 ha | -29.2% |
| 1992 | 1,314 ha | -12.7% |
| 1993 | 1,459 ha | +11.0% |
| 1994 | 1,401 ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 1,416 ha | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 1,362 ha | -3.8% |
| 1997 | 1,466 ha | +7.6% |
| 1998 | 1,434 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 1,612 ha | +12.4% |
| 2000 | 1,319 ha | -18.2% |
| 2001 | 1,442 ha | +9.3% |
| 2002 | 1,882 ha | +30.5% |
| 2003 | 1,681 ha | -10.7% |
| 2004 | 1,731 ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 1,693 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 1,701 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,597 ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 1,748 ha | +9.5% |
| 2009 | 2,123 ha | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 1,743 ha | -17.9% |
| 2011 | 2,117 ha | +21.5% |
| 2012 | 2,480 ha | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 2,966 ha | +19.6% |
| 2014 | 2,831 ha | -4.6% |
| 2015 | 2,637 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 2,610 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,611 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,800 ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 2,661 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 2,983 ha | +12.1% |
| 2021 | 2,766 ha | -7.3% |
| 2022 | 2,785 ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,740 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 2,662 ha | -2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,575 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,817 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,058 ha | 1,812 ha | 2,333 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,068 ha | 1,976 ha | 2,289 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,510 ha | 1,314 ha | 2,126 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,692 ha | 1,319 ha | 2,123 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,546 ha | 1,743 ha | 2,966 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,787 ha | 2,662 ha | 2,983 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Taro — area harvested in Caribbean was 2,662 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2,983 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,314 ha in 1992.
- How does Caribbean rank for taro — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th out of 21 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.