Taro — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Taro — Area harvested was 3,257 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 3,257 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.9% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 5,539 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 840 ha, in 1962.
Northern Africa ranks 13th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,260 ha | — |
| 1962 | 840 ha | -33.3% |
| 1963 | 1,260 ha | +50.0% |
| 1964 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,680 ha | +33.3% |
| 1969 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,260 ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 1,260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,680 ha | +33.3% |
| 1973 | 1,680 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,520 ha | +50.0% |
| 1975 | 2,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 2,941 ha | +16.7% |
| 1977 | 2,379 ha | -19.1% |
| 1978 | 2,683 ha | +12.8% |
| 1979 | 3,129 ha | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 2,973 ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 2,895 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 2,715 ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 3,360 ha | +23.8% |
| 1984 | 2,940 ha | -12.5% |
| 1985 | 3,360 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 3,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,940 ha | -12.5% |
| 1989 | 4,200 ha | +42.9% |
| 1990 | 2,940 ha | -30.0% |
| 1991 | 3,360 ha | +14.3% |
| 1992 | 3,910 ha | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 3,800 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 3,600 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 3,582 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 4,381 ha | +22.3% |
| 1997 | 2,780 ha | -36.5% |
| 1998 | 2,212 ha | -20.4% |
| 1999 | 1,925 ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 1,799 ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 1,785 ha | -0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,002 ha | +68.2% |
| 2003 | 3,572 ha | +19.0% |
| 2004 | 3,467 ha | -2.9% |
| 2005 | 3,400 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 4,200 ha | +23.5% |
| 2007 | 3,945 ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 4,481 ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 3,476 ha | -22.4% |
| 2010 | 4,098 ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 3,470 ha | -15.3% |
| 2012 | 3,200 ha | -7.8% |
| 2013 | 3,203 ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,528 ha | +10.1% |
| 2015 | 2,750 ha | -22.1% |
| 2016 | 2,496 ha | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 3,068 ha | +22.9% |
| 2018 | 3,360 ha | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 3,400 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,625 ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 4,618 ha | +27.4% |
| 2022 | 5,539 ha | +19.9% |
| 2023 | 4,016 ha | -27.5% |
| 2024 | 3,257 ha | -18.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,307 ha | 840 ha | 1,680 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,205 ha | 1,260 ha | 3,129 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,210 ha | 2,715 ha | 4,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,249 ha | 1,925 ha | 4,381 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,313 ha | 1,785 ha | 4,481 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,257 ha | 2,496 ha | 4,098 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,211 ha | 3,257 ha | 5,539 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Taro — area harvested in Northern Africa was 3,257 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 5,539 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 840 ha in 1962.
- How does Northern Africa rank for taro — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 13th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.