Taro — Production in Samoa
Samoa: Taro — Production was 18,737 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Production in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 18,737 t for taro — production in 2024.
The figure is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 26.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in Samoa peaked at 38,300 t in 1987 and was at its lowest, 3,000 t, in 1994.
That places Samoa 24th out of 52 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.
Taro — Production in Samoa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 t | +10.5% |
| 1963 | 21,600 t | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 22,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 23,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 23,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 23,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 25,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1969 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 25,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 27,000 t | +8.0% |
| 1972 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 27,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 29,700 t | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 32,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 32,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 33,000 t | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 34,000 t | +3.0% |
| 1980 | 35,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 35,400 t | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 36,900 t | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 37,000 t | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 38,000 t | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 38,100 t | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 38,200 t | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 38,300 t | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 38,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1989 | 38,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 25,000 t | -34.2% |
| 1991 | 15,497 t | -38.0% |
| 1992 | 10,000 t | -35.5% |
| 1993 | 8,263 t | -17.4% |
| 1994 | 3,000 t | -63.7% |
| 1995 | 8,275 t | +175.8% |
| 1996 | 5,000 t | -39.6% |
| 1997 | 12,000 t | +140.0% |
| 1998 | 12,006 t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 15,000 t | +24.9% |
| 2000 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 15,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 17,000 t | +13.3% |
| 2003 | 17,242 t | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 16,756 t | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 16,128 t | -3.7% |
| 2006 | 17,500 t | +8.5% |
| 2007 | 20,175 t | +15.3% |
| 2008 | 18,634 t | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 20,248 t | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 20,770 t | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 22,306 t | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 23,033 t | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 23,939 t | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 25,489 t | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 28,457 t | +11.6% |
| 2016 | 25,278 t | -11.2% |
| 2017 | 23,184 t | -8.3% |
| 2018 | 21,383 t | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 15,519 t | -27.4% |
| 2020 | 20,029 t | +29.1% |
| 2021 | 18,977 t | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 18,175 t | -4.2% |
| 2023 | 19,060 t | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 18,737 t | -1.7% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 18,737 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,669 t, 91% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 18,737 t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 57,116 t, 33% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Production in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +175.8% | 3,000 t | 8,275 t |
| 1997 | +140.0% | 5,000 t | 12,000 t |
| 1994 | -63.7% | 8,263 t | 3,000 t |
| 1996 | -39.6% | 8,275 t | 5,000 t |
| 1991 | -38.0% | 25,000 t | 15,497 t |
| 1992 | -35.5% | 15,497 t | 10,000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,511 t | 19,000 t | 25,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,370 t | 25,000 t | 34,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,290 t | 35,000 t | 38,300 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,404 t | 3,000 t | 25,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,368 t | 15,000 t | 20,248 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,936 t | 15,519 t | 28,457 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,996 t | 18,175 t | 20,029 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in Samoa?
- Taro — production in Samoa was 18,737 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 38,300 t in 1987.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 t in 1994.
- How does Samoa rank for taro — production?
- Samoa ranks 24th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.