China vs Melanesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- China
- Melanesia
How they compare
China currently reports 100,324 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 57,341 ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.3 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 5th of 52 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,047 ha | 27,786 ha | 44,261 ha | China |
| 1970s | 87,615 ha | 29,560 ha | 58,055 ha | China |
| 1980s | 99,419 ha | 33,283 ha | 66,136 ha | China |
| 1990s | 77,371 ha | 34,738 ha | 42,632 ha | China |
| 2000s | 89,479 ha | 46,844 ha | 42,635 ha | China |
| 2010s | 95,763 ha | 43,620 ha | 52,143 ha | China |
| 2020s | 99,574 ha | 43,115 ha | 56,459 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, China or Melanesia?
- China, at 100,324 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between China and Melanesia?
- 57,341 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Melanesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Melanesia ranks 5th 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.