Taro — Area harvested in Dominica
Dominica: Taro — Area harvested was 2,059 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Dominica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 2,059 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Dominica peaked at 2,084 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 850 ha, in 1961.
That places Dominica 30th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 921.11 ha | 850 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,168 ha | 1,030 ha | 1,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,203 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,190 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,801 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,140 ha | 980 ha | 1,615 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,832 ha | 1,218 ha | 2,054 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,064 ha | 2,050 ha | 2,084 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 27 Solomon Islands 2,724 ha compare
- 29 China, Taiwan Province of 2,280 ha compare
- 31 Comoros 1,710 ha compare
- 32 Sao Tome and Principe 1,637 ha compare
- 33 French Guiana 1,607 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- Rural population 17,136 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.2% (2023)
- Rural population 26.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.2% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 12.1% (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 12.1 (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 12.1 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 87.61 million current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 1.68 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Dominica?
- Taro — area harvested in Dominica was 2,059 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 2,084 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 850 ha in 1961.
- How does Dominica rank for taro — area harvested?
- Dominica ranks 30th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.