Taro — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Taro — Area harvested was 3,150 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Liberia stood at 3,150 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 3,500 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,750 ha, in 1961.
Liberia ranks 22nd of 51 countries on this measure, 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 | 1,772 ha | 1,750 ha | 1,850 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,900 ha | 1,750 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,125 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,353 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,753 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,116 ha | 2,853 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,081 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,200 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,134 ha | 3,085 ha | 3,150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 19 Fiji, Republic of 3,406 ha compare
- 19 Niue 453 ha compare
- 20 Samoa 3,361 ha compare
- 21 Egypt, Arab Republic of 3,257 ha compare
- 23 Solomon Islands 2,724 ha compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 2,280 ha compare
- 25 Dominica 2,059 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture share gdp 32.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
- Rural population 43.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 142,551 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Liberia?
- Taro — area harvested in Liberia was 3,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,750 ha in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 22nd out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.