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 11th out of 52 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.
Taro — Area harvested in Chad, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 1965 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1979 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,300 ha | +112.0% |
| 1985 | 6,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,700 ha | +11.7% |
| 1988 | 7,300 ha | +9.0% |
| 1989 | 8,000 ha | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 9,400 ha | +17.5% |
| 1991 | 11,000 ha | +17.0% |
| 1992 | 10,963 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 11,500 ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 12,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 4,436 ha | -64.5% |
| 1996 | 4,436 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6,803 ha | +53.4% |
| 1998 | 9,502 ha | +39.7% |
| 1999 | 8,024 ha | -15.6% |
| 2000 | 11,000 ha | +37.1% |
| 2001 | 10,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 9,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 6,800 ha | -24.4% |
| 2004 | 7,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 8,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 8,195 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 4,655 ha | -43.2% |
| 2008 | 4,250 ha | -8.7% |
| 2009 | 4,692 ha | +10.4% |
| 2010 | 8,254 ha | +75.9% |
| 2011 | 6,751 ha | -18.2% |
| 2012 | 7,442 ha | +10.2% |
| 2013 | 9,008 ha | +21.0% |
| 2014 | 9,569 ha | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 10,542 ha | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 9,741 ha | -7.6% |
| 2017 | 12,621 ha | +29.6% |
| 2018 | 9,146 ha | -27.5% |
| 2019 | 11,533 ha | +26.1% |
| 2020 | 11,507 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 11,570 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 11,508 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 11,456 ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 27,836 ha | +143.0% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 27,836 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 21,875 ha, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Chad's 27,836 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 1.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Chad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +143.0% | 11,456 ha | 27,836 ha |
| 1984 | +112.0% | 2,500 ha | 5,300 ha |
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
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 4,375 ha compare
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
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 11th out of 52 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.