Fiji vs Japan: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Fiji
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 9,070 ha against 3,406 ha in Fiji, a difference of 5,664 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 2.7 times Fiji's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Fiji ranks 19th and Japan ranks 16th of 52 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,371 ha | 38,967 ha | 33,596 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 1,228 ha | 33,610 ha | 32,382 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 1,161 ha | 28,730 ha | 27,569 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 2,342 ha | 22,690 ha | 20,348 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 6,122 ha | 15,750 ha | 9,628 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 4,593 ha | 12,600 ha | 8,007 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 3,789 ha | 9,970 ha | 6,181 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Fiji or Japan?
- Japan, at 9,070 ha against 3,406 ha in Fiji as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Fiji and Japan?
- 5,664 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Japan rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 19th and Japan ranks 16th 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.