Guinea vs Melanesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Guinea
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 42,983 ha against 29,571 ha in Guinea, a difference of 13,412 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.5 times Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Guinea ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 51 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,189 ha | 27,786 ha | 23,597 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 4,449 ha | 29,560 ha | 25,112 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 4,909 ha | 33,283 ha | 28,374 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 5,068 ha | 34,738 ha | 29,671 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 6,036 ha | 46,844 ha | 40,808 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 22,562 ha | 43,620 ha | 21,058 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 27,791 ha | 43,115 ha | 15,324 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Guinea or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 42,983 ha against 29,571 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Guinea and Melanesia?
- 13,412 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Melanesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 9th and Melanesia ranks 11th of 51 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.