Asia vs Nigeria: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 1.39 million ha against 142,471 ha in Asia, a difference of 1.25 million ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 9.8 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.
Asia ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 10 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,620 ha | 262,222 ha | 120,602 ha | Nigeria |
| 1970s | 159,470 ha | 166,300 ha | 6,830 ha | Nigeria |
| 1980s | 166,648 ha | 88,100 ha | 78,548 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 127,721 ha | 234,602 ha | 106,881 ha | Nigeria |
| 2000s | 130,250 ha | 338,463 ha | 208,214 ha | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 141,431 ha | 802,513 ha | 661,082 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 142,568 ha | 1.34 million ha | 1.20 million ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Asia or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 1.39 million ha against 142,471 ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Asia and Nigeria?
- 1.25 million ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Nigeria rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 3rd and Nigeria ranks 1st of 10 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.