Eastern Asia vs Micronesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Micronesia
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 109,394 ha against 361 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 109,033 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 303.0 times Micronesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 8th and Micronesia ranks 9th of 21 groups.
Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Micronesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 111,094 ha | 215 ha | 110,879 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 121,450 ha | 309 ha | 121,141 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 128,160 ha | 360 ha | 127,800 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 100,061 ha | 367.2 ha | 99,694 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 105,229 ha | 426 ha | 104,803 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 108,363 ha | 352.3 ha | 108,011 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 109,544 ha | 359 ha | 109,185 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Micronesia?
- Eastern Asia, at 109,394 ha against 361 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Micronesia?
- 109,033 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Micronesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Micronesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 8th and Micronesia ranks 9th 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.