Taro — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Taro — Area harvested was 329,827 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Middle Africa is 329,827 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.6% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 329,827 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 113,239 ha, in 1965.
That places Middle Africa 3rd out of 24 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 167,482 ha | 113,239 ha | 235,234 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 222,215 ha | 120,250 ha | 320,056 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 142,610 ha | 120,700 ha | 190,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 207,927 ha | 170,439 ha | 238,188 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 242,702 ha | 198,661 ha | 270,223 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 267,912 ha | 218,535 ha | 308,143 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 301,721 ha | 281,014 ha | 329,827 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Nigeria 1.39 million ha compare
- 2 Cameroon 250,535 ha compare
- 3 Ghana 245,230 ha compare
- 4 China (People’s Republic of) 100,324 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 72,391 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Middle Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 16,416 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 13,891 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 511,443 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Taro — area harvested in Middle Africa was 329,827 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 329,827 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 113,239 ha in 1965.
- How does Middle Africa rank for taro — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.