Taro — Yield in Polynesia
Polynesia: Taro — Yield was 5,817 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — yield in Polynesia stood at 5,817 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Polynesia peaked at 7,414 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 4,064 kg/ha, in 1999.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,321 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,392 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 7,414 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 7,302 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 7,310 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 7,259 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 7,108 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 6,974 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 6,958 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 6,869 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 6,904 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 6,936 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 6,908 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 6,471 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1975 | 6,573 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1976 | 6,591 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 6,428 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1978 | 6,320 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 6,568 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1980 | 6,601 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 6,626 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 6,754 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 6,740 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 6,817 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1985 | 6,798 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1986 | 6,781 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 6,761 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 6,681 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 6,553 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 4,882 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1991 | 5,032 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 5,460 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1993 | 5,748 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 4,594 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1995 | 4,372 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1996 | 4,927 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1997 | 4,264 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1998 | 4,378 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1999 | 4,064 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 5,333 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 2001 | 5,580 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2002 | 5,336 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 5,231 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2004 | 5,249 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 5,236 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 5,345 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 5,765 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 5,453 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2009 | 5,573 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 5,521 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 5,477 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 5,384 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 5,402 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 5,460 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 5,569 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 5,641 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 5,736 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 5,759 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 5,937 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 5,849 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 5,872 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 5,797 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 5,804 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,817 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in Polynesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | +31.2% | 4,064 kg/ha | 5,333 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -25.5% | 6,553 kg/ha | 4,882 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,226 kg/ha | 6,958 kg/ha | 7,414 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,657 kg/ha | 6,320 kg/ha | 6,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,711 kg/ha | 6,553 kg/ha | 6,817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,772 kg/ha | 4,064 kg/ha | 5,748 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,410 kg/ha | 5,231 kg/ha | 5,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,589 kg/ha | 5,384 kg/ha | 5,937 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,828 kg/ha | 5,797 kg/ha | 5,872 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 5 Cyprus 22,094 kg/ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 9,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 19,282 kg/ha compare
- 8 China 19,209 kg/ha compare
- 9 Solomon Islands 16,925 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 5,340 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Polynesia?
- Taro — yield in Polynesia was 5,817 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,414 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,064 kg/ha in 1999.
- How does Polynesia rank for taro — yield?
- Polynesia ranks 8th out of 10 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.