Taro — Area harvested in Polynesia
Polynesia: Taro — Area harvested was 4,375 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Polynesia stood at 4,375 ha.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Polynesia peaked at 9,557 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 3,405 ha, in 1996.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,242 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,642 ha | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 6,702 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 6,762 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 6,892 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 6,942 ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 6,992 ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 7,342 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 7,542 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 7,642 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 8,010 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 8,060 ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 8,150 ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 8,709 ha | +6.9% |
| 1975 | 9,007 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 9,397 ha | +4.3% |
| 1977 | 9,427 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 9,557 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 9,150 ha | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 9,050 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 8,900 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 8,780 ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 8,650 ha | -1.5% |
| 1984 | 8,530 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 8,400 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 8,280 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 8,150 ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 8,030 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 8,012 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 7,825 ha | -2.3% |
| 1991 | 5,719 ha | -26.9% |
| 1992 | 4,684 ha | -18.1% |
| 1993 | 4,231 ha | -9.7% |
| 1994 | 3,538 ha | -16.4% |
| 1995 | 4,813 ha | +36.0% |
| 1996 | 3,405 ha | -29.3% |
| 1997 | 5,326 ha | +56.4% |
| 1998 | 4,867 ha | -8.6% |
| 1999 | 5,583 ha | +14.7% |
| 2000 | 4,258 ha | -23.7% |
| 2001 | 4,092 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 4,655 ha | +13.8% |
| 2003 | 4,807 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 4,688 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 4,569 ha | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 4,709 ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 4,832 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 4,729 ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 4,934 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 5,032 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 5,320 ha | +5.7% |
| 2012 | 5,503 ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 5,675 ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 5,933 ha | +4.5% |
| 2015 | 6,327 ha | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 5,674 ha | -10.3% |
| 2017 | 5,201 ha | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 4,894 ha | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 3,762 ha | -23.1% |
| 2020 | 4,595 ha | +22.1% |
| 2021 | 4,392 ha | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 4,275 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 4,449 ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 4,375 ha | -1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Polynesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +56.4% | 3,405 ha | 5,326 ha |
| 1995 | +36.0% | 3,538 ha | 4,813 ha |
| 1996 | -29.3% | 4,813 ha | 3,405 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,895 ha | 6,242 ha | 7,542 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,711 ha | 7,642 ha | 9,557 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,478 ha | 8,012 ha | 9,050 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,999 ha | 3,405 ha | 7,825 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,627 ha | 4,092 ha | 4,934 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,332 ha | 3,762 ha | 6,327 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,417 ha | 4,275 ha | 4,595 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 5 China, mainland 98,043 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 42,983 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 6 Ethiopia 72,391 ha compare
- 7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7,414 ha compare
- 7 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 35,288 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
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- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.2329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate -4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -2.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.1943 % change on previous year (2024)
- Goat fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.3892 % change on previous year (2024)
- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.0806 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Polynesia?
- Taro — area harvested in Polynesia was 4,375 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,557 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,405 ha in 1996.
- How does Polynesia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Polynesia ranks 8th out of 10 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.