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 32nd out of 52 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.
Taro — Yield in Philippines, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,514 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,302 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1963 | 4,466 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 4,566 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 4,763 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 4,545 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 4,260 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1968 | 4,211 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 4,256 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 3,891 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 3,690 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 3,380 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 3,648 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 3,202 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1975 | 3,570 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1976 | 3,108 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1977 | 3,355 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1978 | 3,659 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1979 | 3,989 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1980 | 3,260 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1981 | 3,286 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 3,337 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1983 | 3,333 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,058 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1986 | 3,444 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1987 | 3,603 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 3,463 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 3,433 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 3,337 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1991 | 4,831 kg/ha | +44.8% |
| 1992 | 5,045 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 4,974 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 4,784 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1995 | 4,898 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1996 | 6,226 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1997 | 6,622 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 5,747 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1999 | 5,377 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 5,330 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 5,360 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 5,518 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 5,533 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 5,656 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 6,068 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2006 | 6,166 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 6,256 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 6,382 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 6,443 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 6,516 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 6,580 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 6,818 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 7,097 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 7,174 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 7,298 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 7,104 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 7,286 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 7,234 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 7,054 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 7,165 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 7,402 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2022 | 7,578 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 6,753 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2024 | 6,209 kg/ha | -8.1% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 6,209 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,542 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 6,209 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,794 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +44.8% | 3,337 kg/ha | 4,831 kg/ha |
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, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (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 32nd out of 52 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.