Taro — Production in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Taro — Production was 277,349 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Production in Papua New Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 277,349 t for taro — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Papua New Guinea peaked at 277,349 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 121,000 t, in 1961.
That places Papua New Guinea 7th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Production in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 121,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 125,000 t | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 129,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 135,000 t | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 140,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 143,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 145,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1968 | 147,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 149,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 152,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 155,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1972 | 160,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 160,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 180,000 t | +12.5% |
| 1975 | 185,000 t | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 190,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1977 | 195,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 195,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 196,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 198,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 199,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 201,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1983 | 202,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 203,000 t | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 205,000 t | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 205,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 210,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 215,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 210,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1990 | 215,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 210,000 t | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 205,000 t | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 210,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 200,000 t | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 180,000 t | -10.0% |
| 1996 | 170,000 t | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 180,000 t | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 200,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 220,000 t | +10.0% |
| 2000 | 224,867 t | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 230,000 t | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 250,000 t | +8.7% |
| 2003 | 255,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 256,000 t | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 260,000 t | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 258,544 t | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 260,000 t | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 265,000 t | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 265,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 265,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 275,000 t | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 250,000 t | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 270,000 t | +8.0% |
| 2014 | 276,323 t | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 271,574 t | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 270,803 t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 270,635 t | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 270,913 t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 271,646 t | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 272,598 t | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 277,291 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 276,122 t | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 276,736 t | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 277,349 t | +0.2% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 277,349 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 13,911 t, 19.9× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 277,349 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57,116 t, 4.9× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 137,111 t | 121,000 t | 149,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 176,800 t | 152,000 t | 196,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 204,800 t | 198,000 t | 215,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 199,000 t | 170,000 t | 220,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 252,441 t | 224,867 t | 265,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 269,189 t | 250,000 t | 276,323 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 276,019 t | 272,598 t | 277,349 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Papua New Guinea?
- Taro — production in Papua New Guinea was 277,349 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 277,349 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 121,000 t in 1961.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for taro — production?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 7th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.