Taro — Yield in Panama
Panama: Taro — Yield was 8,767 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Panama, 2019–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Panama is 8,767 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and down 22.8% over ten years.
Panama ranks 23rd of 52 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Taro — Yield in Panama, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11,353 kg/ha | — |
| 2020 | 9,628 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2021 | 9,431 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 9,188 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 8,600 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 8,767 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 8,767 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,169 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Panama's 8,767 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 9,659 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 11,353 kg/ha | 11,353 kg/ha | 11,353 kg/ha | 1 |
| 2020s | 9,123 kg/ha | 8,600 kg/ha | 9,628 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 20 Nicaragua 9,659 kg/ha compare
- 21 Côte d'Ivoire 1,194 kg/ha compare
- 21 Liberia 9,211 kg/ha compare
- 22 Republic of Korea 9,091 kg/ha
- 24 Burundi 8,213 kg/ha compare
- 25 Comoros 8,134 kg/ha compare
- 26 Papua New Guinea 7,860 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Panama?
- Taro — yield in Panama was 8,767 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 11,353 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,600 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Panama rank for taro — yield?
- Panama ranks 23rd out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama 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.