Taro — Area harvested in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Taro — Area harvested was 99 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in French Polynesia, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
French Polynesia recorded 99 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 14.7% on the previous year and down 52.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in French Polynesia peaked at 322 ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 73 ha, in 2020.
That places French Polynesia 41st out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in French Polynesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 299 ha | — |
| 1996 | 309 ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 299 ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 289 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 322 ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 276 ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 211 ha | -23.6% |
| 2002 | 209 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 226 ha | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 251 ha | +11.1% |
| 2005 | 271 ha | +8.0% |
| 2006 | 266 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 242 ha | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 117 ha | -51.7% |
| 2009 | 240 ha | +105.1% |
| 2010 | 219 ha | -8.8% |
| 2011 | 216 ha | -1.4% |
| 2012 | 193 ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 201 ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 210 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 216 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 183 ha | -15.3% |
| 2017 | 101 ha | -44.8% |
| 2018 | 113 ha | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 83 ha | -26.5% |
| 2020 | 73 ha | -12.0% |
| 2021 | 86 ha | +17.8% |
| 2022 | 103 ha | +19.8% |
| 2023 | 116 ha | +12.6% |
| 2024 | 99 ha | -14.7% |
French Polynesia compared with similar countries
- French Polynesia's 99 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 126 ha, 79% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- French Polynesia's 99 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 3% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in French Polynesia 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 | +105.1% | 117 ha | 240 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 303.6 ha | 289 ha | 322 ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 230.9 ha | 117 ha | 276 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 173.5 ha | 83 ha | 219 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.4 ha | 73 ha | 116 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near French Polynesia
More agriculture & rural data for French Polynesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -8.86 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0222 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 442.4 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.1307 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3824 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.2% (2020)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.2% (2020)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in French Polynesia?
- Taro — area harvested in French Polynesia was 99 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 322 ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 73 ha in 2020.
- How does French Polynesia rank for taro — area harvested?
- French Polynesia ranks 41st out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this French Polynesia 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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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.