Taro — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Taro — Yield was 72,023 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Taro — Yield in Guyana, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 72,023 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 545.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Guyana peaked at 72,023 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 8,000 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Guyana 1st out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Taro — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 8,000 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 8,003 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,044 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 8,108 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 8,064 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 8,328 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 8,148 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 9,811 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2008 | 11,943 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2009 | 13,591 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2010 | 18,418 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 2011 | 18,381 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 17,408 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2013 | 13,019 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2014 | 11,150 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 45,138 kg/ha | +304.8% |
| 2016 | 48,139 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 61,522 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 2018 | 24,801 kg/ha | -59.7% |
| 2019 | 57,378 kg/ha | +131.4% |
| 2020 | 65,855 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 63,086 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2022 | 63,480 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 68,040 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 72,023 kg/ha | +5.9% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 72,023 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,169 kg/ha, 10.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 72,023 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,659 kg/ha, 7.5× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +304.8% | 11,150 kg/ha | 45,138 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +131.4% | 24,801 kg/ha | 57,378 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -59.7% | 61,522 kg/ha | 24,801 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9,204 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 13,591 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,535 kg/ha | 11,150 kg/ha | 61,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 66,497 kg/ha | 63,086 kg/ha | 72,023 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Guyana?
- Taro — yield in Guyana was 72,023 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 72,023 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Guyana rank for taro — yield?
- Guyana ranks 1st out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 545.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.