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.
Polynesia ranks 43rd of 59 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 40 Madagascar 6,002 kg/ha compare
- 41 Gabon 5,950 kg/ha compare
- 42 Maldives 5,839 kg/ha compare
- 44 Samoa 5,575 kg/ha compare
- 45 New Caledonia 5,571 kg/ha compare
- 46 Kiribati 5,340 kg/ha compare
- 46 Micronesia 5,340 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Polynesia
- Cabbages — Yield 13,722 kg/ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 49 ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 120,918 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 309.97 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 252.32 t (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 578.07 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 3,676 ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield 4,002 kg/ha (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 35,456 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 1,684 t (2024)
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 43rd out of 59 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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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.