Taro — Area harvested in Kiribati
Kiribati: Taro — Area harvested was 361 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Kiribati, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Kiribati is 361 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Kiribati peaked at 460 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1961.
That places Kiribati 35th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 215 ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 230 ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 320 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 355 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 360 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 369 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 380 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 379 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 379 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 380 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 387 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 409 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 420 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 431 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 440 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 433 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 389 ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 362 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 320 ha | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 350 ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 358 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 348 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 339 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 349 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 352 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 356 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 360 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 355 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 359 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 360 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 361 ha | +0.3% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 361 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 21% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 361 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 11% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215 ha | 170 ha | 260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 309 ha | 270 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 360 ha | 330 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 367.2 ha | 350 ha | 380 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 426 ha | 387 ha | 460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 352.3 ha | 320 ha | 389 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 359 ha | 355 ha | 361 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kiribati
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2317 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 590.95 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Kiribati?
- Taro — area harvested in Kiribati was 361 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 460 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1961.
- How does Kiribati rank for taro — area harvested?
- Kiribati ranks 35th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.