World leaders · 2024

World Taro production: country ranking and trends

Name: World Taro production: country ranking and trends
Creator: Terra Cultiva

World Taro ranking with the latest FAOSTAT data, production, yields, harvested area and country detail pages.

Rankings World map

World total (sum of available countries)18.19M t2024

Countries53

#1Nigeria8.61M t

10-year change+59.2 %2014 → 2024

Production Yield Harvested area

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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About this series

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 %