Taro — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Taro — Area harvested was 50 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 50 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 72.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 1,170 ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 2018.
That places Western Asia 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 935.56 ha | 541 ha | 1,170 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 553.4 ha | 391 ha | 734 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 348 ha | 195 ha | 542 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 227.6 ha | 179 ha | 365 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 166 ha | 134 ha | 188 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 151.6 ha | 50 ha | 191 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50 ha | 50 ha | 50 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 19 Fiji, Republic of 3,406 ha compare
- 19 Niue 453 ha compare
- 20 Samoa 3,361 ha compare
- 21 Egypt, Arab Republic of 3,257 ha compare
- 22 Liberia 3,150 ha compare
- 23 Solomon Islands 2,724 ha compare
- 24 China, Taiwan Province of 2,280 ha compare
- 25 Dominica 2,059 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 291,165 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 66,983 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 19.50 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 31,503 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 788,652 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 172,662 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.37 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 110,431 ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 5.42 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 228,391 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Taro — area harvested in Western Asia was 50 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,170 ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest taro — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 2018.
- How does Western Asia rank for taro — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 72.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.