Taro — Yield in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Taro — Yield was 16,925 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 16,925 kg/ha for taro — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Solomon Islands peaked at 21,923 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 10,753 kg/ha, in 1961.
Solomon Islands ranks 9th of 52 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,753 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,957 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 11,158 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1964 | 11,458 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 11,735 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 11,717 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1967 | 12,000 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 12,475 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 12,745 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 13,107 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 13,462 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1972 | 13,810 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 14,084 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 14,554 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1975 | 15,024 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 15,493 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 15,888 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 16,465 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 17,130 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 17,696 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 18,349 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1982 | 18,818 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1983 | 19,369 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 19,822 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 20,175 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 20,522 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 20,769 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1988 | 21,250 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1989 | 21,200 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 21,654 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 21,538 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 21,500 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 21,600 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 21,671 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 21,700 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 21,923 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 20,000 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1998 | 19,375 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2000 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 20,143 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 20,000 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 19,586 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 19,200 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 17,500 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2013 | 17,000 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 16,667 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 17,615 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2016 | 16,774 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 16,453 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 16,162 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 16,663 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 16,720 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 16,880 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 16,887 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16,901 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 16,925 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 16,925 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,771 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 16,925 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,794 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,666 kg/ha | 10,753 kg/ha | 12,745 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,902 kg/ha | 13,107 kg/ha | 17,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,797 kg/ha | 17,696 kg/ha | 21,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,096 kg/ha | 19,375 kg/ha | 21,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,014 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 20,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,362 kg/ha | 16,162 kg/ha | 19,586 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,862 kg/ha | 16,720 kg/ha | 16,925 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 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 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
- 12 Grenada 14,377 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Solomon Islands?
- Taro — yield in Solomon Islands was 16,925 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 21,923 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,753 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for taro — yield?
- Solomon Islands ranks 9th out of 52 countries with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.