Taro — Production in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Taro — Production was 276,595 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Production in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — production in South-Eastern Asia is 276,595 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — production in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 396,045 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 151,753 t, in 1985.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 10th of 21 groups 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 South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 172,498 t | — |
| 1962 | 164,240 t | -4.8% |
| 1963 | 174,939 t | +6.5% |
| 1964 | 193,330 t | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 192,607 t | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 182,130 t | -5.4% |
| 1967 | 178,265 t | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 179,768 t | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 177,179 t | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 175,128 t | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 174,097 t | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 170,754 t | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 175,096 t | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 167,351 t | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 175,206 t | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 194,431 t | +11.0% |
| 1977 | 205,058 t | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 221,008 t | +7.8% |
| 1979 | 228,849 t | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 194,539 t | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 187,078 t | -3.8% |
| 1982 | 174,967 t | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 170,803 t | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 193,928 t | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 151,753 t | -21.7% |
| 1986 | 160,980 t | +6.1% |
| 1987 | 167,000 t | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 163,080 t | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 159,500 t | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 156,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 161,409 t | +3.5% |
| 1992 | 163,826 t | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 161,061 t | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 155,517 t | -3.4% |
| 1995 | 157,931 t | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 208,453 t | +32.0% |
| 1997 | 207,076 t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 169,342 t | -18.2% |
| 1999 | 153,317 t | -9.5% |
| 2000 | 154,860 t | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 158,461 t | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 165,514 t | +4.5% |
| 2003 | 167,905 t | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 175,074 t | +4.3% |
| 2005 | 188,100 t | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 190,442 t | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 195,437 t | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 200,973 t | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 202,764 t | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 200,761 t | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 201,161 t | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 201,561 t | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 207,262 t | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 343,062 t | +65.5% |
| 2015 | 346,218 t | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 396,045 t | +14.4% |
| 2017 | 346,935 t | -12.4% |
| 2018 | 360,007 t | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 316,324 t | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 319,181 t | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 310,236 t | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 289,024 t | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 280,914 t | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 276,595 t | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Production in South-Eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +65.5% | 207,262 t | 343,062 t |
| 1996 | +32.0% | 157,931 t | 208,453 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 179,440 t | 164,240 t | 193,330 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 188,698 t | 167,351 t | 228,849 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 172,363 t | 151,753 t | 194,539 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 169,393 t | 153,317 t | 208,453 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 179,953 t | 154,860 t | 202,764 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 291,934 t | 200,761 t | 396,045 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 295,190 t | 276,595 t | 319,181 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
- 7 Democratic Republic of the Congo 70,021 t compare
- 7 Papua New Guinea 277,349 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
- 11 Guinea 128,138 t compare
- 12 Côte d'Ivoire 91,185 t compare
- 12 Japan 118,462 t compare
- 13 Egypt 118,387 t compare
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- Goat fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate -0.5226 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -26 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual -0.8118 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.5682 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — production in South-Eastern Asia?
- Taro — production in South-Eastern Asia was 276,595 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 396,045 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest taro — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 151,753 t in 1985.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for taro — production?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 10th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — production rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.