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.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,938 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,263 ha | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 35,997 ha | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 36,540 ha | +1.5% |
| 1965 | 38,380 ha | +5.0% |
| 1966 | 38,170 ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 37,883 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 38,808 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 39,309 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 38,649 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 38,203 ha | -1.2% |
| 1972 | 38,159 ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 37,855 ha | -0.8% |
| 1974 | 41,306 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 42,010 ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 42,980 ha | +2.3% |
| 1977 | 43,647 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 44,010 ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 43,820 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 44,121 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 44,331 ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 44,503 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 45,134 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 45,192 ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 45,251 ha | +0.1% |
| 1986 | 44,594 ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 44,727 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 44,961 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 45,399 ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 50,562 ha | +11.4% |
| 1991 | 44,973 ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 43,679 ha | -2.9% |
| 1993 | 44,179 ha | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 42,672 ha | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 40,136 ha | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 38,998 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 44,996 ha | +15.4% |
| 1998 | 47,417 ha | +5.4% |
| 1999 | 48,563 ha | +2.4% |
| 2000 | 50,504 ha | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 51,748 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 55,412 ha | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 56,636 ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 59,928 ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 62,334 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 60,890 ha | -2.3% |
| 2007 | 59,506 ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 64,437 ha | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 61,567 ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 58,565 ha | -4.9% |
| 2011 | 60,555 ha | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 53,583 ha | -11.5% |
| 2013 | 58,026 ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 57,193 ha | -1.4% |
| 2015 | 54,350 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 52,720 ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 52,648 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 53,132 ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 51,715 ha | -2.7% |
| 2020 | 54,602 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 54,479 ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 54,237 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 54,394 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 54,134 ha | -0.5% |
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)
- 1 Nigeria 1.39 million ha compare
- 2 Cameroon 250,535 ha compare
- 3 Ghana 245,230 ha compare
- 4 China 100,324 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 6.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 5.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 14.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 7.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 13.08 % change on previous year (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 4th out of 10 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.