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 25th 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 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Dominica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 860 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 880 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 920 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 940 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 960 ha | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 980 ha | +2.1% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 1,030 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 1,060 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 1,090 ha | +2.8% |
| 1973 | 1,120 ha | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 1,150 ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 1,200 ha | +4.3% |
| 1976 | 1,230 ha | +2.5% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 1,100 ha | -21.4% |
| 1980 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,110 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 1,120 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 1,400 ha | +25.0% |
| 1989 | 1,800 ha | +28.6% |
| 1990 | 1,801 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 1,200 ha | -33.4% |
| 1992 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1993 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 1,113 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 1,200 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1997 | 1,117 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 1,122 ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 1,150 ha | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 1,095 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 1,077 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 1,077 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,060 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 1,085 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 1,070 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 1,130 ha | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 980 ha | -13.3% |
| 2008 | 1,215 ha | +24.0% |
| 2009 | 1,615 ha | +32.9% |
| 2010 | 1,218 ha | -24.6% |
| 2011 | 1,458 ha | +19.7% |
| 2012 | 1,782 ha | +22.2% |
| 2013 | 1,905 ha | +6.9% |
| 2014 | 1,984 ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 1,955 ha | -1.5% |
| 2016 | 1,985 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 1,965 ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,011 ha | +2.3% |
| 2019 | 2,054 ha | +2.1% |
| 2020 | 2,084 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 2,050 ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 2,063 ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,065 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,059 ha | -0.3% |
Dominica compared with similar countries
- Dominica's 2,059 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,710 ha, 76% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Dominica's 2,059 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 195 ha, 10.6× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Dominica 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -33.4% | 1,801 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2009 | +32.9% | 1,215 ha | 1,615 ha |
| 1989 | +28.6% | 1,400 ha | 1,800 ha |
| 1988 | +25.0% | 1,120 ha | 1,400 ha |
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
- 22 Liberia 3,150 ha compare
- 23 Solomon Islands 2,724 ha compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 2,280 ha compare
- 26 Comoros 1,710 ha compare
- 27 Sao Tome and Principe 1,637 ha compare
- 28 French Guiana 1,607 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Dominica
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.121 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,330 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2601 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.2% (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 25th out of 52 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.