Taro — Production in Americas
Americas: Taro — Production was 61,850 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — production in Americas is 61,850 t, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 45.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Americas peaked at 143,649 t in 2015 and was at its lowest, 22,822 t, in 1964.
That places Americas 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 | 25,253 t | 22,822 t | 26,756 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,394 t | 27,161 t | 34,138 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,759 t | 25,159 t | 35,591 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 76,542 t | 73,101 t | 84,626 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 82,346 t | 78,469 t | 86,490 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 86,387 t | 51,554 t | 143,649 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 70,234 t | 60,919 t | 77,345 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 13 Japan 118,462 t compare
- 14 Egypt 118,387 t compare
- 15 Thailand 105,800 t compare
- 16 Philippines 93,795 t compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 91,185 t compare
- 18 Gabon 88,841 t compare
- 19 Lao People's Democratic Republic 77,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 94 kg/An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.19 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 532,819 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 63,435 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 397,122 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.02 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 267.48 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 25.17 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.37 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 191.53 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Americas?
- Taro — production in Americas was 61,850 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 143,649 t in 2015.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,822 t in 1964.
- How does Americas rank for taro — production?
- Americas ranks 16th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 45.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Production. 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.