Africa vs Cameroon: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- Cameroon
How they compare
Africa currently reports 2.24 million ha against 250,535 ha in Cameroon, a difference of 1.99 million ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 8.9 times Cameroon's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 1st and Cameroon ranks 2nd of 24 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Cameroon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 750,388 ha | 141,871 ha | 608,517 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 907,352 ha | 192,751 ha | 714,601 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 687,900 ha | 107,000 ha | 580,900 ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 942,492 ha | 159,144 ha | 783,349 ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 1.03 million ha | 190,119 ha | 835,989 ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 1.52 million ha | 208,672 ha | 1.31 million ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 2.15 million ha | 235,499 ha | 1.92 million ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Africa or Cameroon?
- Africa, at 2.24 million ha against 250,535 ha in Cameroon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Africa and Cameroon?
- 1.99 million ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Cameroon?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Cameroon rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 1st and Cameroon ranks 2nd of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Taro — 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.