Taro — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Taro — Area harvested was 150,793 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Eastern Africa is 150,793 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.1% on the previous year and up 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 190,762 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 34,538 ha, in 1962.
Eastern Africa ranks 5th of 24 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,964 ha | 34,538 ha | 39,968 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,772 ha | 34,955 ha | 41,429 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 43,563 ha | 36,121 ha | 55,442 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 96,244 ha | 59,661 ha | 128,334 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 109,486 ha | 101,624 ha | 128,425 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 138,652 ha | 111,728 ha | 170,562 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 157,509 ha | 133,353 ha | 190,762 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 2 Cameroon 250,535 ha compare
- 3 Ghana 245,230 ha compare
- 4 China, People's Republic of 100,324 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 72,391 ha compare
- 7 Madagascar, Republic of 39,102 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 205,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 641,088 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.08 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 546,014 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 3.49 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.53 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,968 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 23.97 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 63,544 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 42 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Taro — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 150,793 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 190,762 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,538 ha in 1962.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for taro — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 5th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.