Taro — Area harvested in Chad
Chad: Taro — Area harvested was 27,836 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Chad, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Chad is 27,836 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 143.0% on the previous year and up 190.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Chad peaked at 27,836 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,800 ha, in 1961.
That places Chad 13th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,900 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,110 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,930 ha | 2,500 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,856 ha | 4,436 ha | 12,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,359 ha | 4,250 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,461 ha | 6,751 ha | 12,621 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,775 ha | 11,456 ha | 27,836 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 10 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 11 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 15 Philippines 15,107 ha compare
- 16 Gabon 14,932 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture share gdp 36.34 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 36.34 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
- Rural population 72.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.5% (2025)
- Rural population 15.21 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.80 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 178.02 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Chad?
- Taro — area harvested in Chad was 27,836 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 27,836 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,800 ha in 1961.
- How does Chad rank for taro — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 13th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 190.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Chad 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.