Taro — Production in French Guiana
French Guiana: Taro — Production was 4,000 t in 2006. ▼ Falling
Taro — Production in French Guiana, 1961–2006
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2006, taro — production in French Guiana stood at 4,000 t.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in French Guiana peaked at 12,688 t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 3,300 t, in 1976.
That places French Guiana 32nd out of 52 countries with data for 2006, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Taro — Production in French Guiana, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 9,000 t | +28.6% |
| 1963 | 9,250 t | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 4,625 t | -50.0% |
| 1965 | 4,900 t | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 4,900 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,330 t | +29.2% |
| 1968 | 4,000 t | -36.8% |
| 1969 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 5,250 t | +31.2% |
| 1971 | 9,100 t | +73.3% |
| 1972 | 9,100 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 9,850 t | +8.2% |
| 1974 | 9,850 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,500 t | -54.3% |
| 1976 | 3,300 t | -26.7% |
| 1977 | 3,480 t | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 4,250 t | +22.1% |
| 1979 | 5,400 t | +27.1% |
| 1980 | 5,400 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,080 t | -5.9% |
| 1982 | 5,080 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,280 t | +3.9% |
| 1984 | 4,990 t | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 5,280 t | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 6,140 t | +16.3% |
| 1987 | 4,605 t | -25.0% |
| 1988 | 7,500 t | +62.9% |
| 1989 | 12,688 t | +69.2% |
| 1990 | 12,688 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12,688 t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 10,136 t | -20.1% |
| 1993 | 8,894 t | -12.3% |
| 1994 | 10,028 t | +12.8% |
| 1995 | 4,095 t | -59.2% |
| 1996 | 4,095 t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,095 t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,095 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,095 t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,183 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 4,163 t | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 4,143 t | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 4,131 t | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 4,100 t | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 4,061 t | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 4,000 t | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Production in French Guiana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +73.3% | 5,250 t | 9,100 t |
| 1989 | +69.2% | 7,500 t | 12,688 t |
| 1988 | +62.9% | 4,605 t | 7,500 t |
| 1995 | -59.2% | 10,028 t | 4,095 t |
| 1975 | -54.3% | 9,850 t | 4,500 t |
| 1964 | -50.0% | 9,250 t | 4,625 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,001 t | 4,000 t | 9,250 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,408 t | 3,300 t | 9,850 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,204 t | 4,605 t | 12,688 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,491 t | 4,095 t | 12,688 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,112 t | 4,000 t | 4,183 t | 7 |
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2006)
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -30.26 % change on previous year (2005)
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- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual -0.0979 % change on previous year (2006)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in French Guiana?
- Taro — production in French Guiana was 4,000 t in 2006, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in French Guiana?
- The highest recorded value was 12,688 t in 1989.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in French Guiana?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,300 t in 1976.
- How does French Guiana rank for taro — production?
- French Guiana ranks 32nd out of 52 countries with data for 2006.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in French Guiana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this French Guiana 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.