Taro — Yield in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Taro — Yield was 3,294 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Taro — Yield in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in Southern Asia is 3,294 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.9% on the previous year and down 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in Southern Asia peaked at 10,400 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 429 kg/ha, in 2022.
That places Southern Asia 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,107 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,063 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,210 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,030 kg/ha | 9,818 kg/ha | 10,400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,548 kg/ha | 5,076 kg/ha | 5,846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,565 kg/ha | 2,354 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,646 kg/ha | 4,120 kg/ha | 5,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,792 kg/ha | 429 kg/ha | 4,062 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 522,889 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 1.04 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 25.92 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 39.26 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.07 million ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 459.10 million An (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight 9,595 g/An (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production 21.49 million t (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield 13,863 kg/ha (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested 1.55 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in Southern Asia?
- Taro — yield in Southern Asia was 3,294 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,400 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 429 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Southern Asia rank for taro — yield?
- Southern Asia ranks 23rd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.