Taro — Production in Polynesia
Polynesia: Taro — Production was 25,446 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Production in Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Polynesia recorded 25,446 t for taro — production in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Polynesia peaked at 61,936 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 16,253 t, in 1994.
That places Polynesia 27th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 49,778 t | 45,700 t | 52,475 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 57,858 t | 52,491 t | 61,936 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,896 t | 52,500 t | 59,740 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,765 t | 16,253 t | 38,200 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,037 t | 22,707 t | 27,857 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,719 t | 22,332 t | 35,239 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,742 t | 24,784 t | 26,873 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
More agriculture & rural data for Polynesia
- Cabbages — Yield 13,722 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 49 ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 120,918 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 309.97 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 252.32 t (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 578.07 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 3,676 ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 4,002 kg/ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 35,456 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 1,684 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Polynesia?
- Taro — production in Polynesia was 25,446 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 61,936 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,253 t in 1994.
- How does Polynesia rank for taro — production?
- Polynesia ranks 27th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.