Taro — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Taro — Area harvested was 301 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago is 301 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 17.5% on the previous year and down 46.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 760 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 90 ha, in 2000.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 36th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 275 ha | — |
| 1962 | 280 ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 288 ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 355 ha | +23.3% |
| 1965 | 422 ha | +18.9% |
| 1966 | 469 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 527 ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 607 ha | +15.2% |
| 1969 | 616 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 590 ha | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 595 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 660 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 710 ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 730 ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 740 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 710 ha | -4.1% |
| 1978 | 720 ha | +1.4% |
| 1979 | 730 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 740 ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 760 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 710 ha | -6.6% |
| 1984 | 700 ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 670 ha | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 640 ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 640 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 ha | +9.4% |
| 1989 | 165 ha | -76.4% |
| 1990 | 180 ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 195 ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 189 ha | -5.5% |
| 1995 | 100 ha | -47.1% |
| 1996 | 145 ha | +45.0% |
| 1997 | 235 ha | +62.1% |
| 1998 | 190 ha | -19.1% |
| 1999 | 340 ha | +78.9% |
| 2000 | 90 ha | -73.5% |
| 2001 | 225 ha | +150.0% |
| 2002 | 650 ha | +188.9% |
| 2003 | 460 ha | -29.2% |
| 2004 | 470 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 475 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 435 ha | -8.4% |
| 2007 | 480 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 409 ha | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 380 ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 345 ha | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 538 ha | +55.9% |
| 2012 | 367 ha | -31.8% |
| 2013 | 728 ha | +98.4% |
| 2014 | 565 ha | -22.4% |
| 2015 | 422 ha | -25.3% |
| 2016 | 305 ha | -27.7% |
| 2017 | 341 ha | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 434 ha | +27.3% |
| 2019 | 318 ha | -26.7% |
| 2020 | 614 ha | +93.1% |
| 2021 | 390 ha | -36.5% |
| 2022 | 416 ha | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 365 ha | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 301 ha | -17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 426.56 ha | 275 ha | 616 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 678.5 ha | 590 ha | 740 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 647.5 ha | 165 ha | 760 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 195.9 ha | 100 ha | 340 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 407.4 ha | 90 ha | 650 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 436.3 ha | 305 ha | 728 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 417.2 ha | 301 ha | 614 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.7776 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.7776 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Taro — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 301 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 760 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 90 ha in 2000.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for taro — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 36th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 46.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.