Caribbean vs Central America: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Central America
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 2,662 ha against 2,477 ha in Central America, a difference of 185 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.1 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Central America ahead.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Central America ranks 15th of 21 countries.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,510 ha | 4,443 ha | 2,933 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 1,692 ha | 4,912 ha | 3,220 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 2,546 ha | 4,833 ha | 2,288 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 2,787 ha | 3,428 ha | 640.6 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Caribbean or Central America?
- Caribbean, at 2,662 ha against 2,477 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Caribbean and Central America?
- 185 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Central America?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Central America rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Central America ranks 15th of 21 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.