Taro Consumption by Country

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts record taro available for human consumption, in tonnes and in grams per person per day, from 2019 through 2023. The file covers 101 reporters; 97 of them carry a 2023 value, adding to a listed total of 9,287,184 tonnes. Nigeria took the 2023 lead from China with a 138.4 percent five-year climb — driving most of the table's 33.6 percent expansion.

Nigeria reported the largest 2023 supply at 3,368,146 tonnes, while Samoa recorded the highest per-capita figure at 210.62 grams per person per day.

Taro Consumption

Export

Excel (.xlsx) CSV Document PDF Document PNG Image

#	Country	2023 (tonnes)2023	2023 (grams per person per day)2023
1	Nigeria NG	3.37M	40.49
2	China CN	1.46M	2.82
3	Ethiopia ET	1.18M	25.03
4	Ghana GH	1.09M	88.79
5	Cameroon CM	713.02K	68.85
6	Papua New Guinea PG	256K	67.51
7	Rwanda RW	177.48K	34.85
8	Egypt EG	134K	3.21
9	Madagascar MG	124.39K	10.92
10	Philippines PH	102.14K	2.44
11	Thailand TH	90.97K	3.48
12	Guinea GN	84.14K	16
13	Ivory Coast CI	64.92K	5.71
14	DR Congo CD	64.45K	1.67
15	Fiji FJ	63.71K	188.86
16	Gabon GA	47.07K	51.9
17	Solomon Islands SB	45.79K	156.8
18	Taiwan TW	39.09K	4.59
19	Laos LA	32.07K	11.46
20	Liberia LR	24.32K	12.13
21	United States US	20.25K	0.16
22	Samoa WS	16.66K	210.62
23	Comoros KM	12.51K	40.3
24	Vanuatu VU	10.31K	88.16
25	Sao Tome and Principe ST	6.5K	77.13
26	Guyana GY	6.19K	20.51
27	Malaysia MY	4.65K	0.36
28	Nicaragua NI	4.51K	1.81
29	New Zealand NZ	4.24K	2.25
30	Trinidad and Tobago TT	4.1K	7.48
31	Canada CA	3.14K	0.22
32	Sierra Leone SL	2.57K	0.83
33	Saudi Arabia SA	2.48K	0.2
34	Vietnam VN	2.43K	0.07
35	Mauritius MU	2.4K	5.16
36	Australia AU	2.37K	0.25
37	Panama PA	2.33K	1.43
38	France FR	1.74K	0.07
39	Tonga TO	1.68K	43.97
40	Kiribati KI	1.6K	33.03
41	United Kingdom GB	1.11K	0.04
42	United Arab Emirates AE	921.93	0.24
43	Netherlands NL	912.21	0.14
44	Lebanon LB	840.95	0.4
45	Honduras HN	622.66	0.16
46	Saint Lucia LC	566	8.65
47	Oman OM	481.42	0.26
48	Qatar QA	461.4	0.42
49	Italy IT	442.58	0.02
50	Macau MO	375.93	1.44
51	Grenada GD	292.41	6.84
52	New Caledonia NC	235.91	2.23
53	Germany DE	179.63	0.01
54	Hong Kong HK	151.7	0.06
55	Bhutan BT	125.56	0.44
56	Kuwait KW	124.43	0.07
57	Bahrain BH	120.11	0.21
58	South Korea KR	78.98	0
59	Jordan JO	63.87	0.02
60	Antigua and Barbuda AG	61.23	1.8
61	Maldives MV	46.01	0.24
62	Spain ES	41.51	0
63	Switzerland CH	32.81	0.01
64	Sweden SE	31.55	0.01
65	Barbados BB	24.8	0.24
66	Norway NO	21.93	0.01
67	Greece GR	17.33	0
68	Austria AT	11.31	0
69	Tuvalu TV	10.62	2.96
70	Nauru NR	4.42	1.02
71	Denmark DK	3.76	0
72	Kazakhstan KZ	2.83	0
73	Czech Republic CZ	2.44	0
74	Hungary HU	2.21	0
75	Belgium BE	2.04	0
76	Portugal PT	1.92	0
77	Finland FI	1.32	0
78	Iceland IS	1.23	0.01
79	Marshall Islands MH	1.11	0.08
80	Lesotho LS	0.75	0
81	Luxembourg LU	0.61	0
82	Malta MT	0.56	0
83	Senegal SN	0.51	0
84	Cambodia KH	0.27	0
85	Timor-Leste TL	0.24	0
86	Cape Verde CV	0.17	0
87	Nepal NP	0.16	0
88	Niger NE	0.03	0
89	South Africa ZA	0.03	0
90	Croatia HR	0.01	0
91	Bangladesh BD	0	0
92	Bulgaria BG	0	0
93	El Salvador SV	0	0
94	French Polynesia PF	0	0
95	Kenya KE	0	0
96	Morocco MA	0	0
97	Türkiye TR	0	0

Four Facts on a Changing Lead

• China led in 2019; Nigeria leads now after a 138.4 percent five-year increase.
• Nigeria drove 83.9 percent of five-year growth of 33.6 percent.
• Ethiopia carried the latest year: 212,895 of 249,698 tonnes.
• The Pacific tops per person (Samoa 210.62) while Africa tops volume.

Nigeria Took the Lead From China

China reported 1,524,891 tonnes in 2019 against Nigeria's 1,412,622; by 2023 Nigeria reported 3,368,146 against China's 1,463,957 — up 1,955,524 tonnes (up 138.4 percent) for Nigeria, down 60,934 (down 4.0 percent) for China. Nigeria's 2023 supply leads the table at 36.3 percent of the listed total, 2.30 times China in second. Ethiopia follows at 1,175,507 with Ghana at 1,094,972; the top three hold 64.7 percent, the top five 84.2 percent and the top ten 92.7 percent. Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Egypt, Madagascar and the Philippines complete the ten.

Nigeria Drove 83.9 Percent of Growth

The common total moved from 6,942,868 tonnes to 9,274,029, up 2,331,161 tonnes or 33.6 percent across 88 reporters. Nigeria's 1,955,524-tonne gain is 83.9 percent of that increase, with Ethiopia adding 271,748 (up 30.1 percent), Ghana 66,089 (up 6.4 percent), Cameroon 41,945 (up 6.3 percent) and Egypt 41,094 (up 44.2 percent); Rwanda added 18,606 (up 11.7 percent) while Laos fell 17,934 (down 35.9 percent). Three reporters left at zero while nine entered with 13,156 tonnes between them.

2022 to 2023: Ethiopia Carried the Year

The common total rose from 9,037,486 tonnes to 9,287,184, up 249,698 tonnes or 2.8 percent across 95 reporters. Ethiopia added 212,895 tonnes (up 22.1 percent) — 85.3 percent of the net gain — with Nigeria adding 54,376 (up 1.6 percent), Cameroon 21,236 (up 3.1 percent) and Ghana 9,095 (up 0.8 percent); China gave back 18,237 (down 1.2 percent), Rwanda 10,144 (down 5.4 percent), Nicaragua 6,127 (down 57.6 percent) and the Philippines 5,079 (down 4.7 percent). Two reporters entered with 0.04 tonnes between them; none left.

Samoa Records 210.62 Grams a Day

Samoa's 210.62 grams per person per day head the per-capita table from 16,656 tonnes, with Fiji at 188.86 from 63,705 and the Solomon Islands at 156.8: the Pacific island reporters fill the top ranks while Africa fills the volume table. Ghana bridges the two at fourth on both lists (1,094,972 tonnes and 88.79 grams), with Cameroon seventh per person at 68.85 from fifth by volume; Vanuatu at 88.16, Sao Tome and Principe at 77.13, Papua New Guinea at 67.51, Gabon at 51.9 and Tonga at 43.97 complete the ten.

What Does Taro Cover?

The FAO item covers taro, not yautia and not yams, which have their own articles; the three are not added together here. Food supply quantity captures what was available for human consumption during the reference year. The gram-per-day figure spreads that availability across the population on a daily basis.

Taro Consumption by Country: Quick Answer

Nigeria had the largest 2023 listed taro supply at 3,368,146 tonnes, while Samoa had the highest per-capita figure at 210.62 grams per person per day. The 2023 listed total was 9,287,184 tonnes across 97 reporters, up 33.6 percent on a common-reporter basis since 2019. These figures record food available for human consumption, not amounts actually eaten.

Taro Consumption by Country

Download

Excel (.xlsx) CSV PDF PNG

#	Country	2019 (t)	2019 (g/cap/d)	2020 (t)	2020 (g/cap/d)	2021 (t)	2021 (g/cap/d)	2022 (t)	2022 (g/cap/d)	2023 (t)	2023 (g/cap/d)
1	Nigeria	1.41M	18.47	1.5M	19.2	2.5M	31.34	3.31M	40.68	3.37M	40.49
2	China	1.52M	2.93	1.52M	2.92	1.5M	2.89	1.48M	2.85	1.46M	2.82
3	Ethiopia	903.76K	21.39	1.45M	33.37	887.67K	19.91	962.61K	21.03	1.18M	25.03
4	Ghana	1.03M	90.18	816.84K	70.18	930K	78.35	1.09M	89.75	1.09M	88.79
5	Cameroon	671.07K	72.08	624.89K	65.32	663.62K	67.55	691.78K	68.59	713.02K	68.85
6	Papua New Guinea	267.96K	76.4	257.42K	71.85	261.05K	71.43	255.38K	68.57	256K	67.51
7	Rwanda	158.88K	34.07	173.89K	36.46	185.74K	38.1	187.63K	37.66	177.48K	34.85
8	Egypt	92.91K	2.37	100K	2.51	117K	2.89	138.72K	3.37	134K	3.21
9	Madagascar	108.11K	10.5	121.35K	11.48	118.88K	10.97	121.54K	10.94	124.39K	10.92
10	Philippines	99.45K	2.46	101.72K	2.49	104.72K	2.54	107.21K	2.58	102.14K	2.44
11	Thailand	91K	3.49	91K	3.48	91K	3.48	91.01K	3.48	90.97K	3.48
12	Guinea	92.48K	19.44	74.54K	15.27	78.04K	15.59	88.2K	17.19	84.14K	16
13	Ivory Coast	67.33K	6.54	62.12K	5.89	61.19K	5.66	63.26K	5.7	64.92K	5.71
14	DR Congo	64.08K	1.89	64.18K	1.83	64.13K	1.77	64.27K	1.72	64.45K	1.67
15	Fiji	48.93K	146.54	51.2K	153.31	52.01K	155.45	62.3K	185.63	63.71K	188.86
16	Gabon	44.39K	53.62	44.18K	52.12	47.63K	54.91	45.35K	51.11	47.07K	51.9
17	Solomon Islands	44.7K	168.18	45.09K	165.91	47.02K	168.93	45.82K	160.73	45.79K	156.8
18	Taiwan	42.6K	4.93	35.88K	4.15	37.48K	4.36	39.22K	4.59	39.09K	4.59
19	Laos	50K	18.93	60K	22.38	64.68K	23.77	33.31K	12.07	32.07K	11.46
20	Liberia	24.4K	13.25	25.25K	13.43	24.2K	12.6	24.29K	12.39	24.32K	12.13
21	United States	30.09K	0.24	23.1K	0.19	22.63K	0.18	20.1K	0.16	20.25K	0.16
22	Samoa	10.53K	137.58	13.86K	179.14	16.41K	210.25	16.27K	207.08	16.66K	210.62
23	Comoros	10.33K	35.99	12K	40.99	12.5K	41.86	12.31K	40.42	12.51K	40.3
24	Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-	12.98K	113.6	10.31K	88.16
25	Sao Tome and Principe	5.5K	70.64	5.45K	68.68	5.71K	70.45	6K	72.64	6.5K	77.13
26	Guyana	5.92K	20.08	7.6K	25.78	5.39K	18.09	5.95K	19.85	6.19K	20.51
27	Malaysia	4.32K	0.35	4.4K	0.36	3.96K	0.32	3.95K	0.31	4.65K	0.36
28	Nicaragua	3.72K	1.57	15.13K	6.31	10.94K	4.51	10.63K	4.33	4.51K	1.81
29	New Zealand	4.76K	2.61	4.76K	2.57	4.84K	2.59	4.66K	2.49	4.24K	2.25
30	Trinidad and Tobago	3.87K	7.14	3.81K	7.05	1.8K	3.31	3.2K	5.87	4.1K	7.48
31	Canada	2.48K	0.18	2.99K	0.21	3.69K	0.26	3.1K	0.22	3.14K	0.22
32	Sierra Leone	2.63K	0.93	2.66K	0.92	2.53K	0.86	2.51K	0.83	2.57K	0.83
33	Saudi Arabia	2.48K	0.22	3.37K	0.3	2.74K	0.24	2.97K	0.25	2.48K	0.2
34	Vietnam	-	-	0	0	0	0	4.94K	0.14	2.43K	0.07
35	Mauritius	827	1.76	628	1.34	1.78K	3.82	2.16K	4.63	2.4K	5.16
36	Australia	2.57K	0.28	2.71K	0.29	2.86K	0.3	2.79K	0.29	2.37K	0.25
37	Panama	0.11	0	1.68K	1.07	2.45K	1.55	2.21K	1.38	2.33K	1.43
38	France	1.54K	0.06	1.77K	0.07	1.89K	0.08	1.31K	0.05	1.74K	0.07
39	Tonga	1.53K	39.59	1.67K	43.39	1.31K	34.1	2.07K	53.91	1.68K	43.97
40	Kiribati	1.61K	35.64	1.65K	35.79	1.79K	38.26	1.63K	34.18	1.6K	33.03
41	United Kingdom	586.45	0.02	608.08	0.02	886.42	0.04	951.28	0.04	1.11K	0.04
42	United Arab Emirates	2.2K	0.64	2.1K	0.61	2.17K	0.61	1.81K	0.48	921.93	0.24
43	Netherlands	644.51	0.1	1.33K	0.21	1.04K	0.16	687.32	0.11	912.21	0.14
44	Lebanon	1.42K	0.67	1.02K	0.49	877.89	0.42	897.57	0.43	840.95	0.4
45	Honduras	678.69	0.19	959.29	0.26	1.47K	0.39	1.32K	0.35	622.66	0.16
46	Saint Lucia	167.25	2.58	241.51	3.71	391.08	6	505	7.74	566	8.65
47	Oman	691.25	0.41	707.21	0.43	660.76	0.4	523.63	0.3	481.42	0.26
48	Qatar	590.56	0.58	909.73	0.89	946.07	0.92	643.77	0.61	461.4	0.42
49	Italy	350.97	0.02	294.64	0.01	464.25	0.02	306.78	0.01	442.58	0.02
50	Macau	783.7	3.2	348.1	1.4	374.6	1.48	392.96	1.53	375.93	1.44
51	Grenada	-	-	-	-	-	-	285.34	6.69	292.41	6.84
52	New Caledonia	236.08	2.28	243.26	2.35	272.45	2.62	249.65	2.38	235.91	2.23
53	Germany	77.48	0	91.27	0	86.26	0	187.62	0.01	179.63	0.01
54	Hong Kong	88.15	0.03	93.09	0.03	166.69	0.06	167.78	0.06	151.7	0.06
55	Bhutan	-	-	-	-	132.9	0.47	27.26	0.1	125.56	0.44
56	Kuwait	404.28	0.25	359.58	0.22	294.92	0.19	240.06	0.14	124.43	0.07
57	Bahrain	379.64	0.7	407.44	0.75	366.28	0.67	302.52	0.54	120.11	0.21
58	South Korea	19.08	0	81.97	0	124.77	0.01	114.47	0.01	78.98	0
59	Jordan	88.93	0.02	123.57	0.03	139.51	0.03	53.87	0.01	63.87	0.02
60	Antigua and Barbuda	99.38	2.98	38.36	1.14	90.11	2.67	80.09	2.36	61.23	1.8
61	Maldives	10.56	0.06	5.34	0.03	19.51	0.1	46.08	0.24	46.01	0.24
62	Spain	41.78	0	33.73	0	40.18	0	40.97	0	41.51	0
63	Switzerland	18.16	0.01	22.02	0.01	14.75	0	18.63	0.01	32.81	0.01
64	Sweden	10.03	0	12.8	0	12.09	0	18.12	0	31.55	0.01
65	Barbados	22.93	0.22	34.03	0.33	25.43	0.25	25.41	0.25	24.8	0.24
66	Norway	21.39	0.01	26.58	0.01	25.73	0.01	21.88	0.01	21.93	0.01
67	Greece	14.02	0	18.75	0	39.75	0.01	28.32	0.01	17.33	0
68	Austria	21.66	0.01	0	0	15.08	0	10.1	0	11.31	0
69	Tuvalu	0	0	11.14	2.94	0	0	10.71	2.94	10.62	2.96
70	Nauru	1.3	0.31	6.33	1.49	5.37	1.26	15.01	3.49	4.42	1.02
71	Denmark	3.5	0	0	0	0	0	7.41	0	3.76	0
72	Kazakhstan	0.91	0	-	-	0.01	0	0.15	0	2.83	0
73	Czech Republic	1.89	0	3.85	0	7.71	0	3.98	0	2.44	0
74	Hungary	0	0	0.01	0	0.02	0	0	0	2.21	0
75	Belgium	2.75	0	51.69	0.01	20.46	0	0	0	2.04	0
76	Portugal	2.64	0	0.8	0	1.69	0	0.54	0	1.92	0
77	Finland	0.99	0	1.68	0	1.24	0	1.32	0	1.32	0
78	Iceland	0.05	0	0.07	0	0.48	0	1.09	0.01	1.23	0.01
79	Marshall Islands	0.31	0.02	1.63	0.1	1.52	0.1	0.09	0.01	1.11	0.08
80	Lesotho	1.59	0	1.44	0	0.04	0	68.56	0.08	0.75	0
81	Luxembourg	0	0	0.1	0	0.01	0	0.19	0	0.61	0
82	Malta	0.31	0	0.3	0	0.49	0	0.28	0	0.56	0
83	Senegal	-	-	0.2	0	-	-	0	0	0.51	0
84	Cambodia	0.1	0	0	0	36.49	0.01	6	0	0.27	0
85	Timor-Leste	0	0	0.3	0	0	0	0	0	0.24	0
86	Cape Verde	0.54	0	-	-	1.53	0.01	1.48	0.01	0.17	0
87	Nepal	2.26	0	0	0	3.66	0	0	0	0.16	0
88	Niger	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.03	0
89	South Africa	0.16	0	0	0	0.03	0	0.03	0	0.03	0
90	Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0
91	Bangladesh	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.73K	0.03	0	0
92	Bulgaria	-	-	0.84	0	0.34	0	0	0	0	0
93	El Salvador	1.58	0	0	0	1.77	0	1.69	0	0	0
94	French Polynesia	-	-	-	-	-	-	199.78	1.95	0	0
95	Kenya	1.35	0	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
96	Morocco	0.24	0	-	-	-	-	0	0	0	0
97	Türkiye	38.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
98	Kyrgyzstan	-	-	0	0	0.67	0	-	-	-	-
99	Djibouti	0	0	0.02	0	0.62	0	-	-	-	-
100	Latvia	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
101	Micronesia	0.01	0	0.01	0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Methodology

One hundred one reporters make up the universe, each with a value in at least one year from 2019 through 2023; only reporters reach the tables, and World, regional and China (aggregate) rows are kept out, with China standing for the China reporter. The earlier endpoint year anchors every percentage across reporters present at both ends. Zero-base years give no percentage, and small-base percentages should be weighed against the base.

FAO Supply Utilization Accounts food supply quantity tracks taro in both measures: element 5141 in tonnes for totals, element 665 in grams per capita per day, 2019 to 2023. Availability for human consumption in the reference year is the quantity of interest, not intake. Zero reports zero; blank reports nothing. The 2023 listed total of 9,287,184 tonnes sums the 97 reporters with a 2023 value, in tonnes as published. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT Supply Utilization Accounts, Taro, food supply quantity (tonnes; g/capita/day), 2019-2023. Compiled by StatsGeo.