Cameroon vs Melanesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Melanesia
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 250,535 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 207,552 ha.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 5.8 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Cameroon has been ahead every year.
Cameroon ranks 2nd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 52 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 141,871 ha | 27,786 ha | 114,085 ha | Cameroon |
| 1970s | 192,751 ha | 29,560 ha | 163,191 ha | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 107,000 ha | 33,283 ha | 73,717 ha | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 159,144 ha | 34,738 ha | 124,405 ha | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 190,119 ha | 46,844 ha | 143,275 ha | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 208,672 ha | 43,620 ha | 165,052 ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 235,499 ha | 43,115 ha | 192,384 ha | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Cameroon or Melanesia?
- Cameroon, at 250,535 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Cameroon and Melanesia?
- 207,552 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Melanesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 2nd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 52 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.