Taro — Area harvested in Togo
Togo: Taro — Area harvested was 5,319 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Togo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Togo recorded 5,319 ha for taro — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 31.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Togo peaked at 25,363 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 4,046 ha, in 2014.
Togo ranks 18th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Area harvested in Togo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,087 ha | +61.7% |
| 1988 | 8,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 4,600 ha | -42.5% |
| 1990 | 8,049 ha | +75.0% |
| 1991 | 5,650 ha | -29.8% |
| 1992 | 6,300 ha | +11.5% |
| 1993 | 8,458 ha | +34.3% |
| 1994 | 7,034 ha | -16.8% |
| 1995 | 5,410 ha | -23.1% |
| 1996 | 6,929 ha | +28.1% |
| 1997 | 9,342 ha | +34.8% |
| 1998 | 13,439 ha | +43.9% |
| 1999 | 20,253 ha | +50.7% |
| 2000 | 21,982 ha | +8.5% |
| 2001 | 13,762 ha | -37.4% |
| 2002 | 25,363 ha | +84.3% |
| 2003 | 21,600 ha | -14.8% |
| 2004 | 18,175 ha | -15.9% |
| 2005 | 10,527 ha | -42.1% |
| 2006 | 11,686 ha | +11.0% |
| 2007 | 12,000 ha | +2.7% |
| 2008 | 14,790 ha | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 16,645 ha | +12.5% |
| 2010 | 17,250 ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 17,483 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 4,195 ha | -76.0% |
| 2013 | 13,243 ha | +215.7% |
| 2014 | 4,046 ha | -69.4% |
| 2015 | 6,530 ha | +61.4% |
| 2016 | 6,942 ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 4,771 ha | -31.3% |
| 2018 | 5,268 ha | +10.4% |
| 2019 | 5,563 ha | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 6,044 ha | +8.6% |
| 2021 | 6,133 ha | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 6,213 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 5,673 ha | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 5,319 ha | -6.2% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 5,319 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,710 ha, 3.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Togo's 5,319 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 15,423 ha, 34% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Area harvested in Togo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +215.7% | 4,195 ha | 13,243 ha |
| 2002 | +84.3% | 13,762 ha | 25,363 ha |
| 2012 | -76.0% | 17,483 ha | 4,195 ha |
| 1990 | +75.0% | 4,600 ha | 8,049 ha |
| 2014 | -69.4% | 13,243 ha | 4,046 ha |
| 1987 | +61.7% | 5,000 ha | 8,087 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,769 ha | 4,600 ha | 8,087 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,086 ha | 5,410 ha | 20,253 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,653 ha | 10,527 ha | 25,363 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,529 ha | 4,046 ha | 17,483 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,876 ha | 5,319 ha | 6,213 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2033 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5561 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Togo?
- Taro — area harvested in Togo was 5,319 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 25,363 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,046 ha in 2014.
- How does Togo rank for taro — area harvested?
- Togo ranks 18th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Togo 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.