Taro — Area harvested in Melanesia
Melanesia: Taro — Area harvested was 42,983 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Melanesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 42,983 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Melanesia peaked at 52,636 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 25,480 ha, in 1961.
That places Melanesia 8th out of 59 countries 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,786 ha | 25,480 ha | 29,050 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,560 ha | 27,118 ha | 31,734 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,283 ha | 31,947 ha | 34,390 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 34,738 ha | 30,281 ha | 38,309 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,844 ha | 39,992 ha | 52,636 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 43,620 ha | 40,908 ha | 49,508 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,115 ha | 42,983 ha | 43,345 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 6 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 9 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 11 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 2.34 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.31 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 8,430 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 4,250 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 79,382 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Melanesia?
- Taro — area harvested in Melanesia was 42,983 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 52,636 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,480 ha in 1961.
- How does Melanesia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 8th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.