Taro — Yield in World
World: Taro — Yield was 7,480 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Taro — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for taro — yield in World is 7,480 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, taro — yield in World peaked at 8,237 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4,107 kg/ha, in 1984.
World ranks 17th of 21 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Taro — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,917 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,665 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1963 | 5,883 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 5,560 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1965 | 5,796 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1966 | 5,933 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 5,360 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1968 | 5,503 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1969 | 5,515 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 4,627 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1971 | 4,599 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 4,398 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 4,588 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1974 | 4,441 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 4,333 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 4,263 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 4,615 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 4,402 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1979 | 4,482 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 5,232 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1981 | 5,073 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 4,996 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1983 | 5,446 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1984 | 4,107 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1985 | 4,409 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1986 | 5,185 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 5,188 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1988 | 5,488 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 5,135 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1990 | 4,916 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 5,392 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 5,144 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 5,662 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1994 | 5,556 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 6,257 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 6,220 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 7,068 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1998 | 7,474 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 7,451 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 7,693 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 7,425 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 7,389 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 7,416 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 7,370 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2005 | 7,709 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 7,624 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 7,928 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 7,824 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 8,033 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 7,606 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 8,237 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2012 | 7,380 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 7,489 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 7,376 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 6,652 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 8,075 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2017 | 7,877 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 8,009 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 7,670 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2020 | 7,555 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 7,712 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 7,516 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2023 | 7,441 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 7,480 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,681 kg/ha | 5,360 kg/ha | 5,933 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,475 kg/ha | 4,263 kg/ha | 4,627 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,026 kg/ha | 4,107 kg/ha | 5,488 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,114 kg/ha | 4,916 kg/ha | 7,474 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,641 kg/ha | 7,370 kg/ha | 8,033 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,637 kg/ha | 6,652 kg/ha | 8,237 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,541 kg/ha | 7,441 kg/ha | 7,712 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is taro — yield in World?
- Taro — yield in World was 7,480 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest taro — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 8,237 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest taro — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,107 kg/ha in 1984.
- How does World rank for taro — yield?
- World ranks 17th out of 21 groups with data for 2024.
- Is taro — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.