Taro — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Taro — Area harvested was 3,361 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Samoa stood at 3,361 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.8% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 6,000 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,700 ha, in 1996.
Samoa ranks 20th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,100 ha | +10.7% |
| 1963 | 3,150 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 3,200 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 3,300 ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1970 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,400 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 4,750 ha | +8.0% |
| 1977 | 4,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,850 ha | +2.1% |
| 1979 | 4,950 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 5,050 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 5,100 ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 5,200 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 5,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 5,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 5,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 5,600 ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 5,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 5,800 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 5,987 ha | +3.2% |
| 1990 | 6,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 4,089 ha | -31.9% |
| 1992 | 2,500 ha | -38.9% |
| 1993 | 2,424 ha | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 2,000 ha | -17.5% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 1,700 ha | -43.3% |
| 1997 | 3,757 ha | +121.0% |
| 1998 | 3,500 ha | -6.8% |
| 1999 | 4,253 ha | +21.5% |
| 2000 | 3,000 ha | -29.5% |
| 2001 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 3,627 ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 3,494 ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 3,364 ha | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 3,550 ha | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 3,700 ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 3,937 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 4,244 ha | +7.8% |
| 2012 | 4,425 ha | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 4,574 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 4,819 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 5,236 ha | +8.7% |
| 2016 | 4,598 ha | -12.2% |
| 2017 | 4,195 ha | -8.8% |
| 2018 | 3,850 ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 2,763 ha | -28.2% |
| 2020 | 3,603 ha | +30.4% |
| 2021 | 3,405 ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 3,257 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 3,422 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 3,361 ha | -1.8% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 3,361 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,710 ha, 1.2× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 3,361 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 99% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Samoa 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 | +121.0% | 1,700 ha | 3,757 ha |
| 1995 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 1996 | -43.3% | 3,000 ha | 1,700 ha |
| 1992 | -38.9% | 4,089 ha | 2,500 ha |
| 1991 | -31.9% | 6,000 ha | 4,089 ha |
| 2000 | -29.5% | 4,253 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,272 ha | 2,800 ha | 3,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,350 ha | 3,800 ha | 4,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,464 ha | 5,050 ha | 5,987 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,322 ha | 1,700 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,474 ha | 3,000 ha | 3,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,264 ha | 2,763 ha | 5,236 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,410 ha | 3,257 ha | 3,603 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Samoa?
- Taro — area harvested in Samoa was 3,361 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1996.
- How does Samoa rank for taro — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 20th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.