Taro — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Taro — Area harvested was 506,493 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 506,493 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.2% on the previous year and up 17.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 506,493 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 169,595 ha, in 1980.
That places Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 4th out of 21 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 175,578 ha | — |
| 1962 | 182,911 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 231,992 ha | +26.8% |
| 1964 | 207,069 ha | -10.7% |
| 1965 | 170,124 ha | -17.8% |
| 1966 | 178,191 ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 291,034 ha | +63.3% |
| 1968 | 286,852 ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 295,601 ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 291,572 ha | -1.4% |
| 1971 | 289,841 ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 289,938 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 297,631 ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 372,801 ha | +25.3% |
| 1975 | 357,098 ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 303,893 ha | -14.9% |
| 1977 | 225,401 ha | -25.8% |
| 1978 | 171,321 ha | -24.0% |
| 1979 | 171,482 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 169,595 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 172,345 ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 170,569 ha | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 170,304 ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 175,185 ha | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 186,214 ha | +6.3% |
| 1986 | 197,885 ha | +6.3% |
| 1987 | 212,262 ha | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 234,517 ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 249,818 ha | +6.5% |
| 1990 | 340,101 ha | +36.1% |
| 1991 | 251,690 ha | -26.0% |
| 1992 | 252,396 ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 352,261 ha | +39.6% |
| 1994 | 350,903 ha | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 312,587 ha | -10.9% |
| 1996 | 300,448 ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 330,640 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 315,719 ha | -4.5% |
| 1999 | 371,098 ha | +17.5% |
| 2000 | 351,715 ha | -5.2% |
| 2001 | 351,655 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 385,837 ha | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 386,021 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 380,363 ha | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 381,501 ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 392,144 ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 406,461 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 333,275 ha | -18.0% |
| 2009 | 384,204 ha | +15.3% |
| 2010 | 385,541 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 356,448 ha | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 368,314 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 373,792 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 429,454 ha | +14.9% |
| 2015 | 466,219 ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 501,931 ha | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 493,060 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 484,760 ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 469,225 ha | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 497,237 ha | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 491,448 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 462,410 ha | -5.9% |
| 2023 | 467,957 ha | +1.2% |
| 2024 | 506,493 ha | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 224,372 ha | 170,124 ha | 295,601 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 277,098 ha | 171,321 ha | 372,801 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 193,869 ha | 169,595 ha | 249,818 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 317,784 ha | 251,690 ha | 371,098 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 375,318 ha | 333,275 ha | 406,461 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 432,874 ha | 356,448 ha | 501,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 485,109 ha | 462,410 ha | 506,493 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Taro — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 506,493 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 506,493 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 169,595 ha in 1980.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for taro — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.