Taro — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Taro — Area harvested was 98,043 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 98,043 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 105,000 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 62,000 ha, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 5th out of 51 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,556 ha | 62,000 ha | 75,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,400 ha | 75,000 ha | 93,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 94,100 ha | 80,000 ha | 105,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 74,077 ha | 63,298 ha | 83,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,818 ha | 84,000 ha | 90,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 93,210 ha | 89,718 ha | 95,185 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 97,197 ha | 95,939 ha | 98,043 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 2 Cameroon 250,535 ha compare
- 3 Ghana 245,230 ha compare
- 4 China (People’s Republic of) 100,324 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 7 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.26 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Taro — area harvested in China, mainland was 98,043 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 105,000 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 62,000 ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for taro — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 5th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.