Taro — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs): Taro — Area harvested was 160,933 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) recorded 160,933 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.2% on the previous year and up 25.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) peaked at 187,153 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 38,408 ha, in 1972.
That places Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 39,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 39,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 40,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 41,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 41,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 39,900 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 39,500 ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 39,950 ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 44,700 ha | +11.9% |
| 1970 | 45,780 ha | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 43,400 ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 38,408 ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 41,438 ha | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 40,814 ha | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 42,383 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 41,808 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 41,456 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 40,390 ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 42,500 ha | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 40,400 ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 43,930 ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 43,779 ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 43,300 ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 47,600 ha | +9.9% |
| 1985 | 49,536 ha | +4.1% |
| 1986 | 51,465 ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 54,190 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 54,800 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 62,900 ha | +14.8% |
| 1990 | 106,937 ha | +70.0% |
| 1991 | 68,400 ha | -36.0% |
| 1992 | 77,339 ha | +13.1% |
| 1993 | 110,378 ha | +42.7% |
| 1994 | 106,821 ha | -3.2% |
| 1995 | 79,951 ha | -25.2% |
| 1996 | 82,120 ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 115,486 ha | +40.6% |
| 1998 | 117,733 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 123,904 ha | +5.2% |
| 2000 | 98,305 ha | -20.7% |
| 2001 | 102,651 ha | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 101,333 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 99,016 ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 89,922 ha | -9.2% |
| 2005 | 91,405 ha | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 93,849 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 99,253 ha | +5.8% |
| 2008 | 92,060 ha | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 111,252 ha | +20.8% |
| 2010 | 103,779 ha | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 96,570 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 100,020 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 111,669 ha | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 128,272 ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 143,387 ha | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 163,214 ha | +13.8% |
| 2017 | 171,698 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 155,680 ha | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 151,741 ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 187,153 ha | +23.3% |
| 2021 | 173,374 ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 128,310 ha | -26.0% |
| 2023 | 124,600 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 160,933 ha | +29.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +70.0% | 62,900 ha | 106,937 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,683 ha | 39,300 ha | 44,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,838 ha | 38,408 ha | 45,780 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,190 ha | 40,400 ha | 62,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,907 ha | 68,400 ha | 123,904 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 97,905 ha | 89,922 ha | 111,252 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 132,603 ha | 96,570 ha | 171,698 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 154,874 ha | 124,600 ha | 187,153 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
- 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
- 6 Ethiopia 72,391 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
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- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.3266 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Taro — area harvested in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) was 160,933 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 187,153 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 38,408 ha in 1972.
- How does Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) rank for taro — area harvested?
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 6th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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.