Taro — Yield in French Polynesia
French Polynesia: Taro — Yield was 1,908 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in French Polynesia, 1995–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
French Polynesia recorded 1,908 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.3% on the previous year and down 16.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in French Polynesia peaked at 2,591 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 1,795 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places French Polynesia 58th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,392 kg/ha | 2,381 kg/ha | 2,398 kg/ha | 5 |
| 2000s | 2,399 kg/ha | 2,383 kg/ha | 2,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,297 kg/ha | 2,143 kg/ha | 2,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,973 kg/ha | 1,795 kg/ha | 2,110 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near French Polynesia
- 55 Bhutan 3,153 kg/ha compare
- 56 Sierra Leone 2,564 kg/ha compare
- 57 French Guiana 2,489 kg/ha compare
- 59 Côte d'Ivoire 1,194 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for French Polynesia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 123.52 million current US$ (2020)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.22 (2020)
- Rural population 38.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.2% (2020)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.22 (2020)
- Rural population 108,019 (2025)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 1,247 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in French Polynesia?
- Taro — yield in French Polynesia was 1,908 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in French Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,591 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in French Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,795 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does French Polynesia rank for taro — yield?
- French Polynesia ranks 58th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in French Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this French Polynesia 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.