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 17th out of 52 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.
Taro — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,985 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,184 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 11,000 kg/ha | +53.1% |
| 1964 | 10,553 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1965 | 10,480 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1966 | 11,171 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1967 | 12,500 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1968 | 12,378 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1969 | 12,316 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 10,029 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1971 | 11,342 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1972 | 12,421 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1973 | 13,947 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1974 | 11,800 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1975 | 17,636 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1976 | 13,357 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1977 | 19,000 kg/ha | +42.2% |
| 1978 | 11,263 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1979 | 8,067 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 1980 | 10,750 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1981 | 9,812 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1982 | 11,200 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1983 | 9,762 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1984 | 13,095 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1985 | 9,559 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1986 | 10,278 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 10,000 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 9,600 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 10,119 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 9,423 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1991 | 9,111 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 9,020 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 8,276 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1994 | 10,857 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1995 | 6,200 kg/ha | -42.9% |
| 1996 | 9,615 kg/ha | +55.1% |
| 1997 | 6,824 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 1998 | 7,500 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1999 | 7,333 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 7,188 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2001 | 8,810 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2002 | 10,889 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2003 | 10,294 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2004 | 12,000 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 2005 | 10,833 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 12,154 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2007 | 11,625 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2008 | 7,683 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 2009 | 10,571 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 2010 | 8,861 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2011 | 8,649 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 7,414 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 11,750 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 2014 | 11,967 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 11,577 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2016 | 13,384 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2017 | 11,320 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2018 | 8,486 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 8,798 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 8,744 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 8,866 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 10,058 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2023 | 10,707 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2024 | 11,552 kg/ha | +7.9% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 11,552 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,542 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 11,552 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 6,621 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
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 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (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 17th out of 52 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.