Taro — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Taro — Area harvested was 133 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Northern America recorded 133 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 220 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 130 ha, in 2016.
Northern America ranks 17th of 21 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 203 ha | — |
| 1962 | 210 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 199 ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 194 ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 182 ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 166 ha | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 166 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 173 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 174 ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 197 ha | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 198 ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 187 ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 188 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 188 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 188 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 189 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 198 ha | +4.8% |
| 1978 | 186 ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 168 ha | -9.7% |
| 1980 | 135 ha | -19.6% |
| 1981 | 140 ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 143 ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 157 ha | +9.8% |
| 1984 | 160 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1989 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 220 ha | +29.4% |
| 1992 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 200 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 180 ha | -14.3% |
| 1998 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 2003 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 150 ha | -11.8% |
| 2005 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 162 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 160 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 196 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 160 ha | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 2016 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 140 ha | +7.7% |
| 2018 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 2019 | 133 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 134 ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 133 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 133 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 133 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 133 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185.22 ha | 166 ha | 210 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 188.7 ha | 168 ha | 198 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 155.5 ha | 135 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 203 ha | 170 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 166.2 ha | 150 ha | 190 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 152.9 ha | 130 ha | 196 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 133.2 ha | 133 ha | 134 ha | 5 |
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- Meat, Total — Production 52.99 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 10,649 kg/An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 112.44 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Milk Animals 10.56 million An (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 52.11 million ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 2,256 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production 117.58 million t (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 8.98 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Northern America?
- Taro — area harvested in Northern America was 133 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 220 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 130 ha in 2016.
- How does Northern America rank for taro — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 17th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.