China vs Middle Africa: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- China
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 329,827 ha against 100,324 ha in China, a difference of 229,503 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 3.3 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Middle Africa has been ahead every year.
China ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 1st of 52 countries.
Middle Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 72,047 ha | 167,482 ha | 95,435 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 87,615 ha | 222,215 ha | 134,600 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 99,419 ha | 142,610 ha | 43,191 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 77,371 ha | 207,927 ha | 130,556 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 89,479 ha | 242,702 ha | 153,223 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 95,763 ha | 267,912 ha | 172,149 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 99,574 ha | 301,721 ha | 202,147 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, China or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 329,827 ha against 100,324 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between China and Middle Africa?
- 229,503 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Middle Africa rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 1st 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.