Gabon vs Northern Africa: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Gabon
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 14,932 ha against 3,257 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 11,675 ha.
That makes Gabon's figure about 4.6 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.
Gabon ranks 14th and Northern Africa ranks 13th of 52 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,789 ha | 1,307 ha | 1,482 ha | Gabon |
| 1970s | 6,023 ha | 2,205 ha | 3,818 ha | Gabon |
| 1980s | 9,800 ha | 3,210 ha | 6,590 ha | Gabon |
| 1990s | 9,323 ha | 3,249 ha | 6,074 ha | Gabon |
| 2000s | 9,488 ha | 3,313 ha | 6,175 ha | Gabon |
| 2010s | 13,933 ha | 3,257 ha | 10,675 ha | Gabon |
| 2020s | 14,872 ha | 4,211 ha | 10,661 ha | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Gabon or Northern Africa?
- Gabon, at 14,932 ha against 3,257 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Gabon and Northern Africa?
- 11,675 ha, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and Northern Africa rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 14th and Northern Africa ranks 13th 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.