Taro — Yield in Philippines
Philippines: Taro — Yield was 6,209 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 6,209 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Philippines peaked at 7,578 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3,058 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Philippines 36th out of 59 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,431 kg/ha | 4,211 kg/ha | 4,763 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,549 kg/ha | 3,108 kg/ha | 3,989 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,355 kg/ha | 3,058 kg/ha | 3,603 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,184 kg/ha | 3,337 kg/ha | 6,622 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,871 kg/ha | 5,330 kg/ha | 6,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,016 kg/ha | 6,516 kg/ha | 7,298 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,021 kg/ha | 6,209 kg/ha | 7,578 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture share gdp 8.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 51.65 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 41.85 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 5.64 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Philippines?
- Taro — yield in Philippines was 6,209 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 7,578 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,058 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Philippines rank for taro — yield?
- Philippines ranks 36th out of 59 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.