Taro — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Taro — Area harvested was 10,467 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 10,467 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 10,621 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4,762 ha, in 1990.
That places Thailand 15th out of 52 countries 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.
Taro — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1970 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 7,500 ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 7,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 7,400 ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 7,200 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 7,000 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 6,592 ha | -5.8% |
| 1981 | 7,522 ha | +14.1% |
| 1982 | 6,458 ha | -14.1% |
| 1983 | 5,461 ha | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 7,054 ha | +29.2% |
| 1985 | 5,190 ha | -26.4% |
| 1986 | 5,300 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 5,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 5,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 4,762 ha | -6.6% |
| 1991 | 5,064 ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 4,988 ha | -1.5% |
| 1993 | 5,000 ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 4,906 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 4,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 4,889 ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 4,900 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 4,941 ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 5,000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 5,249 ha | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 5,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 5,741 ha | +4.4% |
| 2003 | 6,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 2006 | 7,114 ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 7,455 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 7,969 ha | +6.9% |
| 2009 | 8,327 ha | +4.5% |
| 2010 | 8,692 ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 8,863 ha | +2.0% |
| 2012 | 9,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 9,500 ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 9,834 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 10,293 ha | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 9,876 ha | -4.1% |
| 2017 | 10,168 ha | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 10,377 ha | +2.1% |
| 2019 | 10,621 ha | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 10,389 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 10,462 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 10,491 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 10,447 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 10,467 ha | +0.2% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 10,467 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,710 ha, 3.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 10,467 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,384 ha, 3.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +29.2% | 5,461 ha | 7,054 ha |
| 1985 | -26.4% | 7,054 ha | 5,190 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,400 ha | 7,300 ha | 7,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,460 ha | 7,000 ha | 7,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,908 ha | 5,100 ha | 7,522 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,925 ha | 4,762 ha | 5,064 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,686 ha | 5,249 ha | 8,327 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,722 ha | 8,692 ha | 10,621 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,451 ha | 10,389 ha | 10,491 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Thailand?
- Taro — area harvested in Thailand was 10,467 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 10,621 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,762 ha in 1990.
- How does Thailand rank for taro — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 15th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.