Taro — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Taro — Yield was 11,552 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Mauritius recorded 11,552 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Mauritius peaked at 19,000 kg/ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 6,200 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Mauritius 18th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,619 kg/ha | 7,184 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,886 kg/ha | 8,067 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,418 kg/ha | 9,559 kg/ha | 13,095 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,416 kg/ha | 6,200 kg/ha | 10,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,205 kg/ha | 7,188 kg/ha | 12,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,221 kg/ha | 7,414 kg/ha | 13,384 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,985 kg/ha | 8,744 kg/ha | 11,552 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 15 Saint Lucia 12,807 kg/ha compare
- 16 Benin 12,500 kg/ha compare
- 17 Trinidad and Tobago 12,336 kg/ha compare
- 19 Dominica 10,975 kg/ha compare
- 20 Caribbean 10,587 kg/ha compare
- 21 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,386 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture share gdp 4.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 61.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 758,222 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 10,843 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Mauritius?
- Taro — yield in Mauritius was 11,552 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 19,000 kg/ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,200 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Mauritius rank for taro — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 18th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.