Taro — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Taro — Area harvested was 64 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cyprus recorded 64 ha for taro — area harvested in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 870 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 64 ha, in 2017.
That places Cyprus 43rd out of 52 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 281 ha | — |
| 1962 | 334 ha | +18.9% |
| 1963 | 602 ha | +80.2% |
| 1964 | 669 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 850 ha | +27.1% |
| 1966 | 870 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 803 ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 736 ha | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 535 ha | -27.3% |
| 1970 | 268 ha | -49.9% |
| 1971 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 294 ha | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 294 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 268 ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 301 ha | +12.3% |
| 1977 | 161 ha | -46.5% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | -37.9% |
| 1979 | 134 ha | +34.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | -25.4% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 107 ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 120 ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 107 ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 100 ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 95 ha | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 105 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 105 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 107 ha | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 110 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 90 ha | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 85 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 75 ha | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 90 ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 83 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 76 ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 80 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 68 ha | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 64 ha | -5.9% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 64 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 126 ha, 51% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +80.2% | 334 ha | 602 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 631.11 ha | 281 ha | 870 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 235.6 ha | 100 ha | 301 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105.5 ha | 100 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 104 ha | 95 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.4 ha | 85 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77 ha | 64 ha | 90 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 40 Guyana 153 ha compare
- 41 French Polynesia 99 ha compare
- 42 New Caledonia 65 ha compare
- 44 Lebanon 50 ha compare
- 45 Saint Lucia 44 ha compare
- 46 Bhutan 38 ha
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Taro — area harvested in Cyprus was 64 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 870 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 64 ha in 2017.
- How does Cyprus rank for taro — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 43rd out of 52 countries with data for 2017.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.