Asia vs Ethiopia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Asia currently reports 142,471 ha against 72,391 ha in Ethiopia, a difference of 70,080 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.0 times Ethiopia's.
Across all 32 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 3rd and Ethiopia ranks 6th of 10 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 128,342 ha | 27,711 ha | 100,631 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 130,250 ha | 32,298 ha | 97,952 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 141,431 ha | 50,398 ha | 91,033 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 142,568 ha | 75,258 ha | 67,311 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Asia or Ethiopia?
- Asia, at 142,471 ha against 72,391 ha in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Asia and Ethiopia?
- 70,080 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Ethiopia?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Ethiopia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 3rd and Ethiopia ranks 6th of 10 regions.
- 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.