Taro — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Taro — Yield was 3,691 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 3,691 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 6,582 kg/ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3,658 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Democratic Republic of the Congo 22nd out of 24 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,228 kg/ha | 6,064 kg/ha | 6,474 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,175 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 6,483 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,198 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,226 kg/ha | 4,153 kg/ha | 6,582 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,050 kg/ha | 4,045 kg/ha | 4,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,850 kg/ha | 3,663 kg/ha | 4,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,693 kg/ha | 3,658 kg/ha | 3,725 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 5.07 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 7,578 ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 602,503 t (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 6,532 kg/ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested 92,238 ha (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 2.51 million t (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 34,972 kg/ha (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 71,637 ha (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield 8,025 kg/ha (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 48.41 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Taro — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 3,691 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 6,582 kg/ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,658 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for taro — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 22nd out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the Congo 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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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.