Taro — Area harvested in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Taro — Area harvested was 65 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 65 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 14.5% on the previous year and down 8.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in New Caledonia peaked at 1,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 1999.
New Caledonia ranks 48th of 59 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 872 ha | 670 ha | 1,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 609.2 ha | 600 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 240 ha | 60 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 125.5 ha | 90 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 104.8 ha | 71 ha | 162 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 76.8 ha | 65 ha | 83 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 45 Puerto Rico 195 ha compare
- 46 Guyana 153 ha compare
- 47 French Polynesia 99 ha compare
- 49 Cyprus 64 ha compare
- 50 Lebanon 50 ha compare
- 51 Saint Lucia 44 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Rural population 93,999 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.79 (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 169.25 million current US$ (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
- Rural population 31.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.2% (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.79 (2019)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 9.79 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in New Caledonia?
- Taro — area harvested in New Caledonia was 65 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 1999.
- How does New Caledonia rank for taro — area harvested?
- New Caledonia ranks 48th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.