Fiji vs Samoa: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Fiji
- Samoa
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 3,406 ha against 3,361 ha in Samoa, a difference of 45 ha.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Fiji ahead.
Fiji ranks 23rd and Samoa ranks 24th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 4 and Samoa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,371 ha | 3,272 ha | 2,099 ha | Fiji |
| 1970s | 1,228 ha | 4,350 ha | 3,122 ha | Samoa |
| 1980s | 1,161 ha | 5,464 ha | 4,302 ha | Samoa |
| 1990s | 2,342 ha | 3,322 ha | 980.8 ha | Samoa |
| 2000s | 6,122 ha | 3,474 ha | 2,648 ha | Fiji |
| 2010s | 4,593 ha | 4,264 ha | 328.5 ha | Fiji |
| 2020s | 3,789 ha | 3,410 ha | 379.8 ha | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Fiji or Samoa?
- Fiji, at 3,406 ha against 3,361 ha in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Fiji and Samoa?
- 45 ha, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Samoa rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 23rd and Samoa ranks 24th 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.