Egypt vs Polynesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Polynesia
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 4,375 ha against 3,257 ha in Egypt, a difference of 1,118 ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.3 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Egypt ranks 25th and Polynesia ranks 22nd of 59 countries.
Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,307 ha | 6,895 ha | 5,589 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 2,205 ha | 8,711 ha | 6,506 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 3,210 ha | 8,478 ha | 5,268 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 3,249 ha | 4,999 ha | 1,750 ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 3,313 ha | 4,627 ha | 1,315 ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 3,257 ha | 5,332 ha | 2,075 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 4,211 ha | 4,417 ha | 206.2 ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Egypt or Polynesia?
- Polynesia, at 4,375 ha against 3,257 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Egypt and Polynesia?
- 1,118 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Polynesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 25th and Polynesia ranks 22nd of 59 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.