Asia vs Papua New Guinea: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Asia currently reports 142,471 ha against 35,288 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 107,183 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 4.0 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 10 groups.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,620 ha | 20,439 ha | 121,181 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 159,470 ha | 26,400 ha | 133,070 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 166,648 ha | 30,370 ha | 136,278 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 127,721 ha | 30,792 ha | 96,930 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 130,250 ha | 38,537 ha | 91,713 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 141,431 ha | 36,340 ha | 105,092 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 142,568 ha | 35,627 ha | 106,941 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Asia or Papua New Guinea?
- Asia, at 142,471 ha against 35,288 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Asia and Papua New Guinea?
- 107,183 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 3rd and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th 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.