Taro — Yield in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Taro — Yield was 5,571 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in New Caledonia is 5,571 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in New Caledonia peaked at 10,133 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places New Caledonia 40th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,500 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1968 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1971 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,888 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 2,938 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 3,200 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 3,500 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1979 | 3,731 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 3,923 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 4,127 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 4,248 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 4,333 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 4,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 4,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 4,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 4,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 4,250 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 4,167 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 4,444 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 4,444 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 3,750 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1993 | 3,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1994 | 3,500 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 2,941 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1996 | 2,941 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 7,900 kg/ha | +168.6% |
| 1998 | 2,500 kg/ha | -68.4% |
| 1999 | 3,350 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 2000 | 3,640 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2001 | 3,400 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2002 | 3,394 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 4,382 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 2004 | 7,995 kg/ha | +82.5% |
| 2005 | 6,392 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2006 | 10,133 kg/ha | +58.5% |
| 2007 | 6,836 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 2008 | 8,800 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 2009 | 9,867 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 6,790 kg/ha | -31.2% |
| 2011 | 5,647 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2012 | 7,222 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 2013 | 2,940 kg/ha | -59.3% |
| 2014 | 5,267 kg/ha | +79.1% |
| 2015 | 5,836 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 5,724 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 5,390 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2018 | 5,535 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 5,541 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 5,816 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2021 | 5,751 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 5,584 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 5,577 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,571 kg/ha | -0.1% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 5,571 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 7,169 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 5,571 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,794 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +168.6% | 2,941 kg/ha | 7,900 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +82.5% | 4,382 kg/ha | 7,995 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +79.1% | 2,940 kg/ha | 5,267 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -68.4% | 7,900 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -59.3% | 7,222 kg/ha | 2,940 kg/ha |
| 2006 | +58.5% | 6,392 kg/ha | 10,133 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,833 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,126 kg/ha | 2,888 kg/ha | 3,731 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,238 kg/ha | 3,923 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,910 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 7,900 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,484 kg/ha | 3,394 kg/ha | 10,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,589 kg/ha | 2,940 kg/ha | 7,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,660 kg/ha | 5,571 kg/ha | 5,816 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in New Caledonia?
- Taro — yield in New Caledonia was 5,571 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,133 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does New Caledonia rank for taro — yield?
- New Caledonia ranks 40th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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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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.