Caribbean vs Liberia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports 3,150 ha against 2,662 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 488 ha.
That makes Liberia's figure about 1.2 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Liberia ahead.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Liberia ranks 22nd of 21 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 1 and Liberia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,575 ha | 1,772 ha | 197.67 ha | Liberia |
| 1970s | 2,058 ha | 1,900 ha | 158 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 2,068 ha | 2,125 ha | 57 ha | Liberia |
| 1990s | 1,510 ha | 2,353 ha | 843.6 ha | Liberia |
| 2000s | 1,692 ha | 3,116 ha | 1,424 ha | Liberia |
| 2010s | 2,546 ha | 3,081 ha | 535.4 ha | Liberia |
| 2020s | 2,787 ha | 3,134 ha | 346.6 ha | Liberia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Caribbean or Liberia?
- Liberia, at 3,150 ha against 2,662 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Caribbean and Liberia?
- 488 ha, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Liberia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Liberia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Liberia ranks 22nd 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.