Taro — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Taro — Area harvested was 15,107 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Philippines stood at 15,107 ha.
The figure is down 5.0% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 38,260 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 14,877 ha, in 2019.
That places Philippines 15th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,160 ha | 19,580 ha | 24,710 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,936 ha | 23,550 ha | 38,260 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,130 ha | 29,900 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,357 ha | 18,100 ha | 29,969 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,118 ha | 17,882 ha | 18,332 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,669 ha | 14,877 ha | 16,998 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,174 ha | 14,929 ha | 15,907 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture share gdp 8.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 51.65 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 5.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Philippines?
- Taro — area harvested in Philippines was 15,107 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 38,260 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,877 ha in 2019.
- How does Philippines rank for taro — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 15th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.