Taro — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Taro — Area harvested was 3,406 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Fiji stood at 3,406 ha.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 10,236 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 450 ha, in 1977.
Fiji ranks 23rd of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 5,371 ha | 4,452 ha | 6,070 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,228 ha | 450 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,161 ha | 712 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,342 ha | 1,326 ha | 4,589 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,122 ha | 3,100 ha | 10,236 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,593 ha | 1,919 ha | 7,998 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,789 ha | 3,279 ha | 4,563 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture share gdp 14.05 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.05 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 40.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 377,513 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 870.56 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 13,388 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Fiji?
- Taro — area harvested in Fiji was 3,406 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 10,236 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 450 ha in 1977.
- How does Fiji rank for taro — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 23rd out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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.