Taro — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Taro — Area harvested was 64 ha in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, taro — area harvested in European Union (27) stood at 64 ha. That is the lowest value across all 57 years on record.
The figure is down 5.9% on the previous year and down 28.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 870 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 64 ha, in 2017.
That places European Union (27) 19th out of 21 groups with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 281 ha | — |
| 1962 | 334 ha | +18.9% |
| 1963 | 602 ha | +80.2% |
| 1964 | 669 ha | +11.1% |
| 1965 | 850 ha | +27.1% |
| 1966 | 870 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 803 ha | -7.7% |
| 1968 | 736 ha | -8.3% |
| 1969 | 535 ha | -27.3% |
| 1970 | 268 ha | -49.9% |
| 1971 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 294 ha | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 294 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 268 ha | -8.8% |
| 1975 | 268 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 301 ha | +12.3% |
| 1977 | 161 ha | -46.5% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | -37.9% |
| 1979 | 134 ha | +34.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | -25.4% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 107 ha | +7.0% |
| 1983 | 120 ha | +12.1% |
| 1984 | 107 ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 100 ha | -6.5% |
| 1989 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 95 ha | -20.8% |
| 1992 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 100 ha | -13.0% |
| 1997 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1998 | 105 ha | +10.5% |
| 1999 | 105 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 95 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 107 ha | +12.6% |
| 2004 | 107 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 110 ha | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 90 ha | -18.2% |
| 2008 | 85 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 75 ha | -11.8% |
| 2011 | 90 ha | +20.0% |
| 2012 | 83 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 76 ha | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 80 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 68 ha | -15.0% |
| 2017 | 64 ha | -5.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 631.11 ha | 281 ha | 870 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 235.6 ha | 100 ha | 301 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105.5 ha | 100 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 104 ha | 95 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.4 ha | 85 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 77 ha | 64 ha | 90 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Taro — area harvested in European Union (27) was 64 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 870 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 64 ha in 2017.
- How does European Union (27) rank for taro — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 19th out of 21 groups with data for 2017.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.