Benin vs Tonga: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 456 ha against 391 ha in Benin, a difference of 65 ha.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.2 times Benin's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Tonga ahead.
Benin ranks 39th and Tonga ranks 37th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 3 and Tonga in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,797 ha | 3,481 ha | 1,684 ha | Tonga |
| 1970s | 1,209 ha | 3,881 ha | 2,672 ha | Tonga |
| 1980s | 444.2 ha | 2,500 ha | 2,056 ha | Tonga |
| 1990s | 800.6 ha | 1,038 ha | 237 ha | Tonga |
| 2000s | 867.1 ha | 449.5 ha | 417.6 ha | Benin |
| 2010s | 480.3 ha | 449.2 ha | 31.1 ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 561.4 ha | 456.8 ha | 104.6 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Benin or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 456 ha against 391 ha in Benin as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Benin and Tonga?
- 65 ha, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Tonga?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Tonga rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 39th and Tonga ranks 37th of 59 countries.
- 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.