Taro — Area harvested in Micronesia
Micronesia: Taro — Area harvested was 361 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Micronesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Micronesia recorded 361 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Micronesia peaked at 460 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Micronesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 170 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 215 ha | +7.5% |
| 1966 | 230 ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 240 ha | +4.3% |
| 1968 | 250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1970 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 1972 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1973 | 300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 320 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 330 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 370 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 360 ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 355 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 360 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 369 ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 380 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 379 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 379 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 380 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 387 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 400 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 409 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 420 ha | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 430 ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 431 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 440 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 450 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 433 ha | -5.9% |
| 2010 | 389 ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 362 ha | -6.9% |
| 2012 | 320 ha | -11.6% |
| 2013 | 350 ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 358 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 348 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 339 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 349 ha | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 352 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 356 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 360 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 355 ha | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 359 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 360 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 361 ha | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215 ha | 170 ha | 260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 309 ha | 270 ha | 330 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 360 ha | 330 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 367.2 ha | 350 ha | 380 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 426 ha | 387 ha | 460 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 352.3 ha | 320 ha | 389 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 359 ha | 355 ha | 361 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Micronesia
- 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
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 0 ha compare
- 11 Chad 27,836 ha compare
- 12 Central African Republic 15,914 ha compare
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- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.5787 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Micronesia?
- Taro — area harvested in Micronesia was 361 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Micronesia?
- The highest recorded value was 460 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Micronesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1961.
- How does Micronesia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Micronesia ranks 9th out of 10 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Micronesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Micronesia 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.