Taro — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Taro — Production was 2.32 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — production in Eastern Africa stood at 2.32 million t.
That represents a change of up 19.7% on the previous year and up 39.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 2.98 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 177,619 t, in 1974.
Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 21 groups 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 — Production in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 189,143 t | — |
| 1962 | 191,273 t | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 197,693 t | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 205,551 t | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 206,909 t | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 197,568 t | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 203,830 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 207,178 t | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 228,093 t | +10.1% |
| 1970 | 221,951 t | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 219,905 t | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 201,513 t | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 205,735 t | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 177,619 t | -13.7% |
| 1975 | 204,806 t | +15.3% |
| 1976 | 204,041 t | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 180,744 t | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 190,626 t | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 209,777 t | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 204,367 t | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 208,861 t | +2.2% |
| 1982 | 206,945 t | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 220,433 t | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 231,025 t | +4.8% |
| 1985 | 244,825 t | +6.0% |
| 1986 | 257,770 t | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 257,380 t | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 267,480 t | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 314,825 t | +17.7% |
| 1990 | 327,763 t | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 321,030 t | -2.1% |
| 1992 | 366,240 t | +14.1% |
| 1993 | 1.11 million t | +203.9% |
| 1994 | 1.08 million t | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 980,912 t | -9.2% |
| 1996 | 991,329 t | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 1.01 million t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 1.07 million t | +6.1% |
| 1999 | 1.16 million t | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 1.17 million t | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 1.22 million t | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 1.24 million t | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 1.18 million t | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 1.05 million t | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 1.09 million t | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 1.19 million t | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 1.41 million t | +18.6% |
| 2008 | 1.21 million t | -14.0% |
| 2009 | 1.77 million t | +46.0% |
| 2010 | 1.56 million t | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 1.50 million t | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 1.52 million t | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 1.71 million t | +12.4% |
| 2014 | 1.66 million t | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 1.96 million t | +18.0% |
| 2016 | 1.85 million t | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 1.86 million t | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2.11 million t | +13.4% |
| 2019 | 2.21 million t | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 2.98 million t | +35.0% |
| 2021 | 2.87 million t | -3.8% |
| 2022 | 1.98 million t | -31.2% |
| 2023 | 1.94 million t | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 2.32 million t | +19.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Production in Eastern Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +203.9% | 366,240 t | 1.11 million t |
| 2009 | +46.0% | 1.21 million t | 1.77 million t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 203,026 t | 189,143 t | 228,093 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 201,672 t | 177,619 t | 221,951 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 241,391 t | 204,367 t | 314,825 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 842,870 t | 321,030 t | 1.16 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.25 million t | 1.05 million t | 1.77 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.79 million t | 1.50 million t | 2.21 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.42 million t | 1.94 million t | 2.98 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 4 China, mainland 1.89 million t compare
- 5 Ethiopia 1.79 million t compare
- 5 Melanesia 411,264 t compare
- 6 Ghana 1.77 million t compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 77,000 t compare
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 70,021 t compare
- 7 Papua New Guinea 277,349 t compare
- 8 Madagascar 234,693 t compare
- 8 Polynesia 25,446 t compare
- 9 Rwanda 203,676 t compare
- 9 Micronesia 1,927 t compare
- 10 Chad 143,586 t compare
- 10 Türkiye 0 t compare
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- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 0.3517 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.5636 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -0.4089 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 7.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.2198 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Eastern Africa?
- Taro — production in Eastern Africa was 2.32 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.98 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 177,619 t in 1974.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for taro — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 7th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.