Taro — Yield in Samoa
Samoa: Taro — Yield was 5,575 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Samoa is 5,575 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Samoa peaked at 7,096 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 1,500 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Samoa 39th out of 52 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,786 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,774 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 6,857 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 6,875 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1965 | 6,970 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 6,970 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,970 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,944 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1969 | 6,757 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 6,579 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 6,750 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 6,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 6,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 6,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,737 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 6,737 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,804 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 6,869 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 6,931 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1981 | 6,941 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 7,096 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 6,981 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 7,037 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 6,927 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 6,821 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 6,719 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 6,552 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1989 | 6,347 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 4,167 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1991 | 3,790 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 3,409 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1994 | 1,500 kg/ha | -56.0% |
| 1995 | 2,758 kg/ha | +83.9% |
| 1996 | 2,941 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 3,194 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1998 | 3,430 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1999 | 3,527 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 5,000 kg/ha | +41.8% |
| 2001 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,857 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 4,754 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 4,796 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 4,794 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,930 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 5,453 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2008 | 5,036 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 5,328 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2010 | 5,276 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 5,256 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 5,205 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 5,234 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 5,290 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2015 | 5,435 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 5,498 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 5,527 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 5,554 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 5,617 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 5,560 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 5,573 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 5,580 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,571 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 5,575 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 5,575 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,542 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 5,575 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,794 kg/ha, 72% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Taro — Yield in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +83.9% | 1,500 kg/ha | 2,758 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -56.0% | 3,409 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +41.8% | 3,527 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -34.4% | 6,347 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,878 kg/ha | 6,757 kg/ha | 6,970 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,748 kg/ha | 6,579 kg/ha | 6,869 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,835 kg/ha | 6,347 kg/ha | 7,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,272 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 4,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,995 kg/ha | 4,754 kg/ha | 5,453 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,389 kg/ha | 5,205 kg/ha | 5,617 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,572 kg/ha | 5,560 kg/ha | 5,580 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Samoa?
- Taro — yield in Samoa was 5,575 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 7,096 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,500 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Samoa rank for taro — yield?
- Samoa ranks 39th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.