Taro — Yield in Cyprus
Cyprus: Taro — Yield was 22,094 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Cyprus, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2017, taro — yield in Cyprus stood at 22,094 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 13.6% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Cyprus peaked at 33,333 kg/ha in 1999 and was at its lowest, 11,603 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Cyprus 5th out of 52 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,463 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,548 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1963 | 11,603 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1964 | 12,150 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 21,515 kg/ha | +77.1% |
| 1966 | 23,356 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1967 | 22,776 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1968 | 20,708 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 15,192 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1970 | 18,955 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1971 | 20,851 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1972 | 20,735 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 21,772 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 15,164 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1975 | 17,060 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 16,877 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1977 | 15,776 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1978 | 26,420 kg/ha | +67.5% |
| 1979 | 27,298 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1980 | 26,930 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1981 | 22,350 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1982 | 23,738 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1983 | 25,000 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1984 | 27,664 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 27,103 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1986 | 27,103 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 23,364 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 22,000 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1989 | 19,000 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1990 | 22,500 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1991 | 22,632 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 21,053 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 24,000 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 25,909 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 27,826 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1996 | 25,000 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 23,158 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1998 | 30,476 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1999 | 33,333 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 28,000 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 27,368 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 27,368 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 19,626 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2004 | 19,542 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 21,291 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2006 | 20,909 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 25,378 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2008 | 25,541 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 24,094 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2010 | 26,933 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 26,244 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 28,157 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2013 | 26,026 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2014 | 26,100 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 24,062 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 25,574 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 22,094 kg/ha | -13.6% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 22,094 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,169 kg/ha, 3.1× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +77.1% | 12,150 kg/ha | 21,515 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +67.5% | 15,776 kg/ha | 26,420 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,146 kg/ha | 11,603 kg/ha | 23,356 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,091 kg/ha | 15,164 kg/ha | 27,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,425 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha | 27,664 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,589 kg/ha | 21,053 kg/ha | 33,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,912 kg/ha | 19,542 kg/ha | 28,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,649 kg/ha | 22,094 kg/ha | 28,157 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 2 Palestine 54,208 kg/ha compare
- 3 Egypt 36,345 kg/ha compare
- 4 Ethiopia 24,749 kg/ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,386 kg/ha
- 5 Melanesia 9,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 19,282 kg/ha compare
- 8 China 19,209 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 5,817 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Cyprus?
- Taro — yield in Cyprus was 22,094 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 33,333 kg/ha in 1999.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,603 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Cyprus rank for taro — yield?
- Cyprus ranks 5th out of 52 countries with data for 2017.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Taro — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.