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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,480 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,410 ha | +3.6% |
| 1963 | 27,020 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 27,430 ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 29,050 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 28,660 ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 28,252 ha | -1.4% |
| 1968 | 28,729 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 29,039 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 28,230 ha | -2.8% |
| 1971 | 27,540 ha | -2.4% |
| 1972 | 27,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 27,118 ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 29,908 ha | +10.3% |
| 1975 | 30,235 ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 30,734 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 31,270 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 31,284 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 31,734 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 31,947 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 32,249 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 32,527 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 33,323 ha | +2.4% |
| 1984 | 33,525 ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 33,940 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 33,465 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 33,738 ha | +0.8% |
| 1988 | 33,722 ha | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 34,390 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 38,309 ha | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 35,648 ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 34,780 ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 35,427 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 34,412 ha | -2.9% |
| 1995 | 30,802 ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 30,281 ha | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 34,041 ha | +12.4% |
| 1998 | 36,766 ha | +8.0% |
| 1999 | 36,919 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 39,992 ha | +8.3% |
| 2001 | 41,040 ha | +2.6% |
| 2002 | 43,810 ha | +6.7% |
| 2003 | 45,190 ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 48,523 ha | +7.4% |
| 2005 | 50,930 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 49,178 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 47,695 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 52,636 ha | +10.4% |
| 2009 | 49,447 ha | -6.1% |
| 2010 | 47,260 ha | -4.4% |
| 2011 | 49,508 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 41,873 ha | -15.4% |
| 2013 | 45,648 ha | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 44,951 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 41,851 ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 40,908 ha | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 41,226 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 41,535 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 41,442 ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 43,057 ha | +3.9% |
| 2021 | 43,345 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 43,124 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 43,067 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 42,983 ha | -0.2% |
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
- 2 Cameroon 250,535 ha compare
- 3 Ghana 245,230 ha compare
- 4 China 100,324 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 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
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -19.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4201 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.2146 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -5.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 21.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -12.17 % change on previous year (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 5th out of 10 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.