Caribbean vs Gabon: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Gabon
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 14,932 ha against 2,662 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 12,270 ha.
That makes Gabon's figure about 5.6 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Gabon ranks 14th of 21 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Gabon | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,575 ha | 2,789 ha | 1,214 ha | Gabon |
| 1970s | 2,058 ha | 6,023 ha | 3,965 ha | Gabon |
| 1980s | 2,068 ha | 9,800 ha | 7,732 ha | Gabon |
| 1990s | 1,510 ha | 9,323 ha | 7,814 ha | Gabon |
| 2000s | 1,692 ha | 9,488 ha | 7,796 ha | Gabon |
| 2010s | 2,546 ha | 13,933 ha | 11,387 ha | Gabon |
| 2020s | 2,787 ha | 14,872 ha | 12,085 ha | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Caribbean or Gabon?
- Gabon, at 14,932 ha against 2,662 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Caribbean and Gabon?
- 12,270 ha, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Gabon?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Gabon rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Gabon ranks 14th 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.