Guinea vs Polynesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Guinea
- Polynesia
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 29,571 ha against 4,375 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 25,196 ha.
That makes Guinea's figure about 6.8 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Guinea ranks 9th and Polynesia ranks 8th of 52 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 4 and Polynesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,189 ha | 6,895 ha | 2,706 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 4,449 ha | 8,711 ha | 4,262 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 4,909 ha | 8,478 ha | 3,569 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 5,068 ha | 4,999 ha | 68.5 ha | Guinea |
| 2000s | 6,036 ha | 4,627 ha | 1,409 ha | Guinea |
| 2010s | 22,562 ha | 5,332 ha | 17,230 ha | Guinea |
| 2020s | 27,791 ha | 4,417 ha | 23,374 ha | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Guinea or Polynesia?
- Guinea, at 29,571 ha against 4,375 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Guinea and Polynesia?
- 25,196 ha, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Polynesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Guinea ranks 9th and Polynesia ranks 8th 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.