Taro — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Taro — Area harvested was 54,134 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) is 54,134 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.5% on the previous year and down 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 64,437 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 33,938 ha, in 1961.
That places Small island developing States (SIDS) 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,143 ha | 33,938 ha | 39,309 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,064 ha | 37,855 ha | 44,010 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,821 ha | 44,121 ha | 45,399 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,618 ha | 38,998 ha | 50,562 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,296 ha | 50,504 ha | 64,437 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,249 ha | 51,715 ha | 60,555 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 54,369 ha | 54,134 ha | 54,602 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 9 Madagascar 39,102 ha compare
- 10 Papua New Guinea 35,288 ha compare
- 11 Guinea 29,571 ha compare
- 12 Rwanda 28,816 ha compare
- 13 Chad 27,836 ha compare
- 14 Democratic Republic of the Congo 18,972 ha compare
- 15 Philippines 15,107 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 5.69 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 53 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 275,419 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 5.22 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 4.28 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 257,039 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 592,065 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 30,372 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 22,608 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 5.22 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Taro — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 54,134 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 64,437 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33,938 ha in 1961.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for taro — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 12th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.