Caribbean vs Dominica: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Dominica
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 2,662 ha against 2,059 ha in Dominica, a difference of 603 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.3 times Dominica's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Dominica ranks 25th of 21 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Dominica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,575 ha | 921.11 ha | 653.44 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 2,058 ha | 1,168 ha | 890 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 2,068 ha | 1,203 ha | 865 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 1,510 ha | 1,190 ha | 319.3 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 1,692 ha | 1,140 ha | 551.3 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 2,546 ha | 1,832 ha | 713.9 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 2,787 ha | 2,064 ha | 723 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Caribbean or Dominica?
- Caribbean, at 2,662 ha against 2,059 ha in Dominica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Caribbean and Dominica?
- 603 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Dominica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Dominica rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Dominica ranks 25th of 21 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.