World Taro production: country ranking and trends
World Taro ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.
World total (sum of available countries)18.19M t2024
Countries53
#1Nigeria8.61M t
10-year change+59.2 %2014 → 2024
What the data show
In 2024, the sum of available national Taro production reaches 18.19M t. Nigeria ranks first with 8.61M t, about 47.3 % of the calculated world total. Over ten years, available world production changed by +59.2 %.
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Which country produces the most Taro?
Nigeria ranks #1 for 2024 with 8.61M t.
How is the world total for Taro calculated?
Terra Cultiva sums the available national observations for the same reference year.
Are these data real time?
No. Terra Cultiva is a historical observatory based on FAOSTAT releases; the latest available year is shown on each page.
World leaders
| Rank | Country | Production | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Nigeria | 8.61M t | 47.3 % |
| #2 | Cameroon | 1.95M t | 10.7 % |
| #3 | China | 1.89M t | 10.4 % |
| #4 | Ethiopia | 1.79M t | 9.8 % |
| #5 | Ghana | 1.77M t | 9.7 % |
| #6 | Papua New Guinea | 277.3k t | 1.5 % |
| #7 | Madagascar | 234.7k t | 1.3 % |
| #8 | Rwanda | 203.7k t | 1.1 % |
| #9 | Chad | 143.6k t | 0.8 % |
| #10 | Guinea | 128.1k t | 0.7 % |
| #11 | Japan | 118.5k t | 0.7 % |
| #12 | Egypt | 118.4k t | 0.7 % |
| #13 | Thailand | 105.8k t | 0.6 % |
| #14 | Philippines | 93.8k t | 0.5 % |
| #15 | Ivory Coast | 91.2k t | 0.5 % |
| #16 | Gabon | 88.8k t | 0.5 % |
| #17 | Laos | 77.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #18 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 70.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #19 | Burundi | 70.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #20 | Fiji | 68.1k t | 0.4 % |
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