The production of taro (cocoyam) of World increased from 5.54 million t in 1973 to 17.7 million t in 2022 growing at an average annual rate of 2.61%.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Area | 2,478,967 Ha in 2022 | FAO |
| Yield | 71,474 100 g/ha in 2022 | FAO |
| Cereals | 2,223,144.27 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Cocoa Beans | 5,874,581.94 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Fibre Crops | 5,602,269 tonnes in 2019 | FAO |
| Fruits | 933,036,949.77 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Oilcrops | 254,069,031.14 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Olives | 21,449,867.5 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Other Bastfibres | 224,926.49 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Palm | 80,584,556.86 t in 2021 | FAO |
| Pulses | 95,989,881.07 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Pyrethrum,Dried | 5,049.45 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Rapeseed | 87,221,220.62 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Seed cotton | 69,668,142.85 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Sisal | 213,304.53 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Sorghum | 57,581,942.77 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Sugar Beet | 260,998,613.64 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Sugar Cane | 1.92B t in 2022 | FAO |
| Triticale | 14,157,880.72 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Vegetables | 1.17B t in 2022 | FAO |
| Yams | 88,257,159.31 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Yautia (cocoyam) | 396,406.96 t in 2022 | FAO |
| Macro Region (t in 2022) |
| Africa | 14,784,566.33 | FAO |
| Asia | 2,440,736.02 | FAO |
| Oceania | 419,596.38 | FAO |
| South America | 9,797.47 | FAO |
| Central America and the Caribbean | 10 timeseries | |
| Middle East | 4 timeseries | |
| North America | 1 timeseries | |
| Southeast Asia | 4 timeseries |
| Country (t in 2022) |
Nigeria is the top country by the production of taro (cocoyam) in the world. As of 2022, the production of taro (cocoyam) in Nigeria was 8.2 million t that accounts for 46.18% of the world's the production of taro (cocoyam). The top 5 countries (others are China, Cameroon, Ghana, and Ethiopia) account for 86.90% of it. The world's total the production of taro (cocoyam) was estimated at 17.8 million t in 2022.
The description is composed by our digital data assistant.| Nigeria | 8,200,000 | FAO |
| China | 1,946,798.14 | FAO |
| Cameroon | 1,892,428.36 | FAO |
| Ghana | 1,700,747.76 | FAO |
| Ethiopia | 1,690,618.8 | FAO |
| Papua New Guinea | 277,223.07 | FAO |
| Madagascar | 228,651.72 | FAO |
| Rwanda | 202,892.15 | FAO |
| Egypt | 158,181.82 | FAO |
| Japan | 138,888.68 | FAO |
| Central African Republic | 138,453.08 | FAO |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic | 138,301.46 | FAO |
| Guinea | 127,608.32 | FAO |
| Philippines | 113,131.47 | FAO |
| Thailand | 102,611.88 | FAO |
| Burundi | 94,288.07 | FAO |
| Gabon | 90,032.34 | FAO |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 87,665.1 | FAO |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 69,550.74 | FAO |
| Fiji | 65,573.28 | FAO |
| Solomon Islands | 46,052.5 | FAO |
| Taiwan Province of China | 40,348.16 | FAO |
| Nicaragua | 28,308.08 | FAO |
| Liberia | 27,732.05 | FAO |
| Chad | 25,620 | FAO |
| Samoa | 22,083.93 | FAO |
| Dominica | 21,803.02 | FAO |
| Togo | 19,355 | FAO |
| Comoros | 13,224.4 | FAO |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 10,137.18 | FAO |
| Guyana | 9,797.47 | FAO |
| Honduras | 7,220.61 | FAO |
| Tonga | 3,497.62 | FAO |
| Sierra Leone | 2,872.73 | FAO |
| Panama | 2,501.88 | FAO |
| Benin | 2,351.7 | FAO |
| Mauritius | 2,155 | FAO |
| Kiribati | 1,959.75 | FAO |
| Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1,959.75 | FAO |
| Cyprus | 1,414 in 2017 | FAO |
| United States of America | 1,290.91 | FAO |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 932 | FAO |
| Puerto Rico | 745.38 | FAO |
| Lebanon | 744.26 | FAO |
| Saint Lucia | 505.19 | FAO |
| Bhutan | 250 | FAO |
| Barbados | 87.63 | FAO |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 38.01 | FAO |
| Palestine | 9.98 | FAO |
| Maldives | 0.15 | FAO |
| Bahamas | 0 | FAO |
| Republic of Korea | 0 | FAO |
| Turkey | 0 | FAO |
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