Central America vs Thailand: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 10,467 ha against 2,477 ha in Central America, a difference of 7,990 ha.
That makes Thailand's figure about 4.2 times Central America's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Thailand has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 15th and Thailand ranks 15th of 21 groups.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,443 ha | 4,925 ha | 482.4 ha | Thailand |
| 2000s | 4,912 ha | 6,686 ha | 1,774 ha | Thailand |
| 2010s | 4,833 ha | 9,722 ha | 4,889 ha | Thailand |
| 2020s | 3,428 ha | 10,451 ha | 7,023 ha | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Central America or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 10,467 ha against 2,477 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Central America and Thailand?
- 7,990 ha, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Thailand?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Thailand rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 15th and Thailand ranks 15th 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.