Taro — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Taro — Area harvested was 1,710 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Comoros, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Comoros is 1,710 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 27.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 1,710 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,200 ha, in 1990.
That places Comoros 26th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,200 ha | — |
| 1991 | 1,216 ha | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 1,250 ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 1,249 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,267 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 1,286 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 1,297 ha | +0.9% |
| 1997 | 1,271 ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 1,291 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 1,301 ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,300 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,320 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 1,330 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,335 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,338 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,344 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,346 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,345 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,316 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 1,202 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 1,224 ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 1,248 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 1,276 ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 1,308 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,344 ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 1,385 ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,425 ha | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 1,465 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 1,501 ha | +2.5% |
| 2019 | 1,537 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 1,574 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,611 ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 1,649 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 1,677 ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 1,710 ha | +2.0% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 1,710 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 1,710 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 11% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,263 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,301 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,318 ha | 1,202 ha | 1,346 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,371 ha | 1,224 ha | 1,537 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,644 ha | 1,574 ha | 1,710 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 23 Solomon Islands 2,724 ha compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 2,280 ha compare
- 25 Dominica 2,059 ha compare
- 27 Sao Tome and Principe 1,637 ha compare
- 28 French Guiana 1,607 ha compare
- 29 Nicaragua 1,340 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Comoros?
- Taro — area harvested in Comoros was 1,710 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 1,710 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,200 ha in 1990.
- How does Comoros rank for taro — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 26th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.