Fiji vs Polynesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Fiji
- Polynesia
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 4,375 ha against 3,406 ha in Fiji, a difference of 969 ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.3 times Fiji's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Fiji ranks 23rd and Polynesia ranks 22nd of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 1 and Polynesia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,371 ha | 6,895 ha | 1,524 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 1,228 ha | 8,711 ha | 7,483 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 1,161 ha | 8,478 ha | 7,317 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 2,342 ha | 4,999 ha | 2,658 ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 6,122 ha | 4,627 ha | 1,495 ha | Fiji |
| 2010s | 4,593 ha | 5,332 ha | 739.5 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 3,789 ha | 4,417 ha | 627.8 ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Fiji or Polynesia?
- Polynesia, at 4,375 ha against 3,406 ha in Fiji as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Fiji and Polynesia?
- 969 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Polynesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 23rd 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.