Americas vs Thailand: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 10,467 ha against 5,425 ha in Americas, a difference of 5,042 ha.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.9 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Thailand ahead.
Americas ranks 12th and Thailand ranks 15th of 21 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,308 ha | 7,400 ha | 5,092 ha | Thailand |
| 1970s | 2,665 ha | 7,460 ha | 4,795 ha | Thailand |
| 1980s | 2,803 ha | 5,908 ha | 3,105 ha | Thailand |
| 1990s | 7,080 ha | 4,925 ha | 2,155 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 8,109 ha | 6,686 ha | 1,424 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 7,725 ha | 9,722 ha | 1,998 ha | Thailand |
| 2020s | 6,498 ha | 10,451 ha | 3,953 ha | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Americas or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 10,467 ha against 5,425 ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Americas and Thailand?
- 5,042 ha, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Thailand rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 12th and Thailand ranks 15th of 21 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.