Taro — Area harvested in China
China: Taro — Area harvested was 100,324 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in China, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in China is 100,324 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in China peaked at 110,425 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 65,527 ha, in 1961.
China ranks 4th of 52 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 65,527 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,700 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 68,874 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 73,989 ha | +7.4% |
| 1965 | 73,526 ha | -0.6% |
| 1966 | 73,532 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 73,418 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 72,841 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 78,012 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 77,844 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 77,705 ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 82,532 ha | +6.2% |
| 1973 | 82,449 ha | -0.1% |
| 1974 | 85,340 ha | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 87,960 ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 92,002 ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 94,710 ha | +2.9% |
| 1978 | 97,935 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 97,674 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 99,407 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 100,741 ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 103,773 ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 105,593 ha | +1.8% |
| 1984 | 110,425 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 105,139 ha | -4.8% |
| 1986 | 100,166 ha | -4.7% |
| 1987 | 92,697 ha | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 90,438 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 85,812 ha | -5.1% |
| 1990 | 68,767 ha | -19.9% |
| 1991 | 70,261 ha | +2.2% |
| 1992 | 73,069 ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 74,709 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 77,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 78,393 ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 79,630 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 81,527 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 84,701 ha | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 85,651 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 86,562 ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 88,056 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 87,930 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 92,805 ha | +5.5% |
| 2004 | 90,440 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 87,643 ha | -3.1% |
| 2006 | 88,622 ha | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 89,598 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 90,435 ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 92,697 ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 92,613 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 92,370 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 94,345 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 95,517 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 97,248 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 96,928 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 96,687 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 97,024 ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 97,103 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 97,799 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 98,395 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 99,590 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 99,727 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 99,834 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 100,324 ha | +0.5% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 100,324 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,710 ha, 37.0× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- China's 100,324 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 29.7× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,047 ha | 65,527 ha | 78,012 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 87,615 ha | 77,705 ha | 97,935 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,419 ha | 85,812 ha | 110,425 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 77,371 ha | 68,767 ha | 85,651 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 89,479 ha | 86,562 ha | 92,805 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 95,763 ha | 92,370 ha | 97,799 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 99,574 ha | 98,395 ha | 100,324 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 1 Nigeria 1.39 million ha compare
- 2 Cameroon 250,535 ha compare
- 3 Ghana 245,230 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 42,983 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,414 ha compare
- 7 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in China?
- Taro — area harvested in China was 100,324 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 110,425 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,527 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for taro — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China 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.