Taro — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Taro — Area harvested was 366,847 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 366,847 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.4% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 454,664 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 221,356 ha, in 1961.
That places Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 5th out of 24 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 242,177 ha | 221,356 ha | 278,658 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 344,529 ha | 285,717 ha | 418,027 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 305,046 ha | 282,127 ha | 337,452 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 358,432 ha | 242,748 ha | 454,664 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 248,852 ha | 230,500 ha | 285,620 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 319,947 ha | 269,140 ha | 377,707 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 359,755 ha | 329,161 ha | 392,830 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 858,098 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.46 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.33 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.59 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 24,497 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 865,518 ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 52.34 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 52.34 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 184,718 t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 66.19 million An (2024)
All data for Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Taro — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 366,847 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 454,664 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 221,356 ha in 1961.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for taro — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.