China vs Eastern Africa: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- China
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 150,793 ha against 100,324 ha in China, a difference of 50,469 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.5 times China's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 4th and Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 52 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 3 and Eastern Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,047 ha | 35,964 ha | 36,083 ha | China |
| 1970s | 87,615 ha | 37,772 ha | 49,843 ha | China |
| 1980s | 99,419 ha | 43,563 ha | 55,856 ha | China |
| 1990s | 77,371 ha | 96,244 ha | 18,873 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 89,479 ha | 109,486 ha | 20,007 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 95,763 ha | 138,652 ha | 42,888 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 99,574 ha | 157,509 ha | 57,935 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, China or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 150,793 ha against 100,324 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between China and Eastern Africa?
- 50,469 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Africa rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 52 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.