Taro — Area harvested in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Taro — Area harvested was 15,914 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Central African Republic is 15,914 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Central African Republic peaked at 20,000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 13,000 ha, in 1972.
That places Central African Republic 12th out of 51 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,778 ha | 15,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,501 ha | 13,000 ha | 16,014 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,780 ha | 14,000 ha | 16,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 17,202 ha | 16,862 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,686 ha | 16,543 ha | 16,822 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,278 ha | 16,073 ha | 16,497 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,990 ha | 15,914 ha | 16,060 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture share gdp 27.61 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 27.61 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 55.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.06 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 846.47 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 57,240 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Central African Republic?
- Taro — area harvested in Central African Republic was 15,914 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,000 ha in 1972.
- How does Central African Republic rank for taro — area harvested?
- Central African Republic ranks 12th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.