Taro — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Taro — Area harvested was 264,977 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 264,977 ha.
That represents a change of up 16.2% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 288,317 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 80,550 ha, in 1961.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 7th out of 24 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,692 ha | 80,550 ha | 90,810 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 85,716 ha | 81,801 ha | 92,025 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 88,371 ha | 81,010 ha | 101,438 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 155,931 ha | 111,082 ha | 201,891 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 182,772 ha | 169,148 ha | 207,018 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 230,182 ha | 184,920 ha | 281,294 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 257,544 ha | 227,942 ha | 288,317 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 4 China 100,324 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 42,983 ha compare
- 9 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.83 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 47 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.07 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 43.68 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 146,458 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 133,673 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 43.68 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Taro — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 264,977 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 288,317 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,550 ha in 1961.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for taro — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 7th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.