Micronesia vs Polynesia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested over time
- Micronesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 7,070 ha against 1,743 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 5,327 ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 4.1 times Micronesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Polynesia has been ahead every year.
Micronesia ranks 19th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 20 countries.
Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Micronesia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 777.22 ha | 13,692 ha | 12,914 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 1,056 ha | 16,187 ha | 15,131 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 1,055 ha | 15,622 ha | 14,567 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 1,248 ha | 9,935 ha | 8,686 ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 2,064 ha | 8,181 ha | 6,117 ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 1,782 ha | 9,472 ha | 7,690 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 1,738 ha | 7,151 ha | 5,413 ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — area harvested, Micronesia or Polynesia?
- Polynesia, at 7,070 ha against 1,743 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — area harvested between Micronesia and Polynesia?
- 5,327 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Micronesia and Polynesia rank globally for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Micronesia ranks 19th and Polynesia ranks 18th of 20 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.