Taro — Production in Kiribati
Kiribati: Taro — Production was 1,927 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Production in Kiribati, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — production in Kiribati stood at 1,927 t.
The figure is down 7.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Kiribati peaked at 2,250 t in 2008 and was at its lowest, 800 t, in 1961.
Kiribati ranks 39th of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Production in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 t | — |
| 1962 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 800 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 850 t | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 900 t | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 950 t | +5.6% |
| 1967 | 1,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 1,050 t | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 1,100 t | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 1,150 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 1,200 t | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 1,250 t | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 1,300 t | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 1,400 t | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 1,500 t | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 1,600 t | +6.7% |
| 1977 | 1,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,600 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,700 t | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 1,800 t | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 1,900 t | +5.6% |
| 1984 | 2,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 1,900 t | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 1,800 t | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 1,700 t | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 1,600 t | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 1,500 t | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 1,641 t | +9.4% |
| 1991 | 1,429 t | -12.9% |
| 1992 | 1,400 t | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 1,449 t | +3.5% |
| 1994 | 1,500 t | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 1,540 t | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 1,600 t | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 1,594 t | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 1,603 t | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 1,600 t | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 1,648 t | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1,700 t | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 1,800 t | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 1,900 t | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 2,000 t | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 2,046 t | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 2,150 t | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 2,200 t | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 2,250 t | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 2,180 t | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 2,045 t | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 1,965 t | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 1,800 t | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 2,000 t | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 2,080 t | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 2,023 t | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,977 t | -2.3% |
| 2017 | 1,942 t | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,914 t | -1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,894 t | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,883 t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,933 t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1,928 t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,927 t | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,927 t | -0.0% |
Kiribati compared with similar countries
- Kiribati's 1,927 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,911 t, 14% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Kiribati's 1,927 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57,116 t, 3% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 916.67 t | 800 t | 1,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,420 t | 1,150 t | 1,600 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,750 t | 1,500 t | 2,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,536 t | 1,400 t | 1,641 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,987 t | 1,648 t | 2,250 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,964 t | 1,800 t | 2,080 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,920 t | 1,883 t | 1,933 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kiribati
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2317 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 590.95 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Kiribati?
- Taro — production in Kiribati was 1,927 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 2,250 t in 2008.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 t in 1961.
- How does Kiribati rank for taro — production?
- Kiribati ranks 39th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.