Taro — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Taro — Area harvested was 2,724 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Solomon Islands is 2,724 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 2,779 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 930 ha, in 1961.
Solomon Islands ranks 23rd of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 930 ha | — |
| 1962 | 940 ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 950 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 960 ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 980 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 990 ha | +1.0% |
| 1967 | 1,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 1,010 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 1,020 ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 1,030 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 1,040 ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 1,050 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 1,065 ha | +1.4% |
| 1974 | 1,065 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,065 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,065 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,070 ha | +0.5% |
| 1978 | 1,075 ha | +0.5% |
| 1979 | 1,080 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 1,085 ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 1,090 ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 1,110 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 1,125 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 1,140 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 1,150 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 1,170 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 1,200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 1,270 ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 1,300 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 1,340 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 1,250 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 1,288 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 1,306 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 1,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1998 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 1,700 ha | +13.3% |
| 2001 | 1,800 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 1,900 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 2,100 ha | +5.0% |
| 2005 | 2,200 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 2,349 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 2,500 ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 2,400 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 2,500 ha | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 2,626 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 2,631 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,635 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,705 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 2,779 ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 2,706 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 2,714 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,733 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 2,718 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 2,722 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,724 ha | +0.1% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 2,724 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 1.6× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 2,724 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 81% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 975.56 ha | 930 ha | 1,020 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,060 ha | 1,030 ha | 1,080 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,142 ha | 1,085 ha | 1,250 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,365 ha | 1,250 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,060 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,583 ha | 2,349 ha | 2,779 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,722 ha | 2,714 ha | 2,733 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Taro — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 2,724 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 2,779 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 930 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for taro — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 23rd out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.