Taro — Area harvested in Oceania
Oceania: Taro — Area harvested was 47,719 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Oceania is 47,719 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Oceania peaked at 57,825 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 31,892 ha, in 1961.
Oceania ranks 10th 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 Oceania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 31,892 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,232 ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 33,912 ha | +2.0% |
| 1964 | 34,392 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 36,157 ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 35,832 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 35,484 ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 36,321 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 36,841 ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 36,142 ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 35,830 ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 35,900 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 35,568 ha | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 38,927 ha | +9.4% |
| 1975 | 39,562 ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 40,461 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 41,027 ha | +1.4% |
| 1978 | 41,171 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 41,214 ha | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 41,327 ha | +0.3% |
| 1981 | 41,489 ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 41,657 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 42,333 ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 42,425 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 42,710 ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 42,115 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 42,258 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 42,122 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 42,772 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 46,494 ha | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 41,726 ha | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 39,814 ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 40,013 ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 38,310 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 35,984 ha | -6.1% |
| 1996 | 34,066 ha | -5.3% |
| 1997 | 39,746 ha | +16.7% |
| 1998 | 42,012 ha | +5.7% |
| 1999 | 42,882 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 44,637 ha | +4.1% |
| 2001 | 45,532 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 48,874 ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 50,417 ha | +3.2% |
| 2004 | 53,641 ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 55,930 ha | +4.3% |
| 2006 | 54,327 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 52,977 ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 57,825 ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 54,814 ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 52,681 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 55,190 ha | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 47,697 ha | -13.6% |
| 2013 | 51,673 ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 51,242 ha | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 48,526 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 46,921 ha | -3.3% |
| 2017 | 46,775 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 46,782 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 45,560 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 48,012 ha | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 48,092 ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 47,759 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 47,876 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 47,719 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,896 ha | 31,892 ha | 36,841 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,580 ha | 35,568 ha | 41,214 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,121 ha | 41,327 ha | 42,772 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,105 ha | 34,066 ha | 46,494 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 51,897 ha | 44,637 ha | 57,825 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 49,305 ha | 45,560 ha | 55,190 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 47,892 ha | 47,719 ha | 48,092 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,414 ha compare
- 7 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 4,375 ha compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 76,400 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 361 ha compare
- 10 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 10 Türkiye 0 ha compare
- 11 Chad 27,836 ha compare
- 12 Central African Republic 15,914 ha compare
- 13 Philippines 15,107 ha compare
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- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing 8.37 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Oceania?
- Taro — area harvested in Oceania was 47,719 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 57,825 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 31,892 ha in 1961.
- How does Oceania rank for taro — area harvested?
- Oceania ranks 10th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania 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.