Taro — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Taro — Area harvested was 32,988 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia is 32,988 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 6.1% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 45,460 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 23,100 ha, in 1999.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 12th of 24 regions on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,560 ha | 26,880 ha | 32,010 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,396 ha | 31,150 ha | 45,460 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,038 ha | 35,100 ha | 43,054 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,282 ha | 23,100 ha | 34,731 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,804 ha | 23,248 ha | 26,209 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,906 ha | 25,319 ha | 42,199 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 32,924 ha | 31,105 ha | 34,575 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for South-Eastern Asia
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 82,227 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 581,764 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 345,702 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 680,313 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 1.76 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 21,432 kg/ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.32 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 65.92 million An (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 4.12 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 66 kg/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia?
- Taro — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia was 32,988 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 45,460 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,100 ha in 1999.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for taro — area harvested?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 12th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.