Taro — Yield in Micronesia
Micronesia: Taro — Yield was 5,340 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Micronesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Micronesia recorded 5,340 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Micronesia peaked at 5,832 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3,972 kg/ha, in 1991.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Micronesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,706 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,444 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1963 | 4,210 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1964 | 4,250 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 4,186 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 4,130 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 4,167 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 4,200 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1969 | 4,231 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 4,259 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 4,286 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 4,310 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 4,333 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 4,516 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1975 | 4,688 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 4,848 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 4,848 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,848 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,848 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,848 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,000 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 5,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 5,278 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 5,405 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 5,135 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1986 | 4,865 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1987 | 4,595 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 4,324 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1989 | 4,054 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 4,558 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1991 | 3,972 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 4,075 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 4,167 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 4,170 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 4,210 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 4,208 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 4,223 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 4,210 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 4,261 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 4,250 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 4,397 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 4,524 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 4,651 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 4,747 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2006 | 4,886 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 4,889 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 4,891 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 5,041 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 5,255 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 5,425 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 5,625 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 5,714 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 5,808 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 5,806 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,832 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 5,571 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 5,432 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 5,326 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 5,224 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 5,441 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 5,362 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 5,348 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 5,340 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,281 kg/ha | 4,130 kg/ha | 4,706 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,579 kg/ha | 4,259 kg/ha | 4,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,865 kg/ha | 4,054 kg/ha | 5,405 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,179 kg/ha | 3,972 kg/ha | 4,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,654 kg/ha | 4,250 kg/ha | 5,041 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,579 kg/ha | 5,255 kg/ha | 5,832 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,343 kg/ha | 5,224 kg/ha | 5,441 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Micronesia
- 6 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 19,282 kg/ha compare
- 8 China 19,209 kg/ha compare
- 8 Polynesia 5,817 kg/ha compare
- 9 Solomon Islands 16,925 kg/ha compare
- 10 China, Taiwan Province of 16,058 kg/ha compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,691 kg/ha compare
- 11 Lebanon 14,667 kg/ha compare
- 11 Caribbean 10,587 kg/ha compare
- 12 Grenada 14,377 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Micronesia?
- Taro — yield in Micronesia was 5,340 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Micronesia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,832 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Micronesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,972 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Micronesia rank for taro — yield?
- Micronesia ranks 9th out of 10 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Micronesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Micronesia 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.