Taro — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Taro — Area harvested was 109,394 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 109,394 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 138,925 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 94,767 ha, in 1990.
Eastern Asia ranks 8th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 105,233 ha | — |
| 1962 | 109,302 ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 109,070 ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 113,526 ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 112,511 ha | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 112,782 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 112,068 ha | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 109,929 ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 115,426 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 116,955 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 118,245 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 119,744 ha | +1.3% |
| 1973 | 115,808 ha | -3.3% |
| 1974 | 116,962 ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 119,375 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 123,430 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 125,662 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 129,115 ha | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 129,204 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 131,217 ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 129,441 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 132,773 ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 134,493 ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 138,925 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 133,639 ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 128,466 ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 121,197 ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 118,838 ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 112,612 ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 94,767 ha | -15.8% |
| 1991 | 96,061 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 98,069 ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 98,709 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 95,500 ha | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 100,793 ha | +5.5% |
| 1996 | 101,630 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 102,927 ha | +1.3% |
| 1998 | 105,501 ha | +2.5% |
| 1999 | 106,651 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 105,362 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 105,856 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 105,030 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 109,205 ha | +4.0% |
| 2004 | 106,240 ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 102,643 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 103,022 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 103,698 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 104,435 ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 106,797 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 106,413 ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 105,970 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 107,745 ha | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 108,517 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 110,148 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 109,428 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 108,887 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 109,024 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 108,603 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 108,899 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 109,095 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 109,990 ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 109,827 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 109,414 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 109,394 ha | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,094 ha | 105,233 ha | 115,426 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 121,450 ha | 115,808 ha | 129,204 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 128,160 ha | 112,612 ha | 138,925 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 100,061 ha | 94,767 ha | 106,651 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 105,229 ha | 102,643 ha | 109,205 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 108,363 ha | 105,970 ha | 110,148 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 109,544 ha | 109,095 ha | 109,990 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 42,983 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,414 ha compare
- 7 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 4,375 ha compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 361 ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 0 ha compare
- 11 Chad 27,836 ha compare
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.4424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Taro — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 109,394 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 138,925 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 94,767 ha in 1990.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 8th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.