Taro — Area harvested in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Taro — Area harvested was 72,391 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Ethiopia stood at 72,391 ha.
The figure is up 26.3% on the previous year and up 51.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Ethiopia peaked at 97,233 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 24,169 ha, in 2004.
That places Ethiopia 6th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 28,000 ha | — |
| 1994 | 27,442 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 26,635 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 26,252 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 25,887 ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 28,792 ha | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 30,969 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 31,163 ha | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 31,594 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 31,659 ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 28,380 ha | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 24,169 ha | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 25,553 ha | +5.7% |
| 2006 | 29,721 ha | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 38,286 ha | +28.8% |
| 2008 | 30,251 ha | -21.0% |
| 2009 | 52,201 ha | +72.6% |
| 2010 | 42,271 ha | -19.0% |
| 2011 | 39,696 ha | -6.1% |
| 2012 | 41,338 ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 47,942 ha | +16.0% |
| 2014 | 47,948 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 50,437 ha | +5.2% |
| 2016 | 53,830 ha | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 51,852 ha | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 61,990 ha | +19.6% |
| 2019 | 66,680 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 92,518 ha | +38.7% |
| 2021 | 97,233 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 56,821 ha | -41.6% |
| 2023 | 57,326 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 72,391 ha | +26.3% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 72,391 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 21,875 ha, 3.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 72,391 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 4.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Ethiopia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +72.6% | 30,251 ha | 52,201 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27,711 ha | 25,887 ha | 30,969 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 32,298 ha | 24,169 ha | 52,201 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 50,398 ha | 39,696 ha | 66,680 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 75,258 ha | 56,821 ha | 97,233 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 3 Ghana 245,230 ha compare
- 4 China 100,324 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 42,983 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 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
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Ethiopia?
- Taro — area harvested in Ethiopia was 72,391 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 97,233 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 24,169 ha in 2004.
- How does Ethiopia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 6th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.