Taro — Yield in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Taro — Yield was 9,324 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, taro — yield in Small island developing States (SIDS) stood at 9,324 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 14.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 9,324 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,435 kg/ha, in 1990.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,090 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,126 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 7,139 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 7,137 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 7,118 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 7,163 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 7,088 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 7,161 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 7,244 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 7,219 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 7,277 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 7,196 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 7,144 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 6,987 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1975 | 7,073 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 7,018 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 7,004 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1978 | 7,002 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,042 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 7,152 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 7,191 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 7,234 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7,347 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 7,274 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 7,271 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 7,277 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1987 | 7,312 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 7,375 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 7,134 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1990 | 6,435 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1991 | 6,736 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 6,754 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 6,767 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 6,724 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 6,895 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 7,188 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 6,728 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 6,873 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 7,067 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 7,327 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 7,260 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 7,407 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 7,363 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 7,459 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 7,554 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 7,490 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 7,494 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 7,196 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2009 | 7,552 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 7,626 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 7,674 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 8,090 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2013 | 8,314 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 8,120 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 8,636 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 8,398 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 8,520 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 8,558 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 8,778 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2020 | 8,476 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 8,618 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 9,174 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 9,259 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 9,324 kg/ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,141 kg/ha | 7,088 kg/ha | 7,244 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,096 kg/ha | 6,987 kg/ha | 7,277 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,257 kg/ha | 7,134 kg/ha | 7,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,817 kg/ha | 6,435 kg/ha | 7,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,410 kg/ha | 7,196 kg/ha | 7,554 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,271 kg/ha | 7,626 kg/ha | 8,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,970 kg/ha | 8,476 kg/ha | 9,324 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 3 Egypt 36,345 kg/ha compare
- 4 Ethiopia 24,749 kg/ha compare
- 4 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10,386 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 8 Polynesia 5,817 kg/ha compare
- 9 Solomon Islands 16,925 kg/ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 5,340 kg/ha compare
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.25 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 14.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 7.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 13.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Taro — yield in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 9,324 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 9,324 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,435 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for taro — yield?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 6th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.