Japan vs Philippines: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Philippines
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 15,107 ha against 9,070 ha in Japan, a difference of 6,037 ha.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.7 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 16th and Philippines ranks 13th of 51 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Philippines in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38,967 ha | 22,160 ha | 16,807 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 33,610 ha | 29,936 ha | 3,674 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 28,730 ha | 32,130 ha | 3,400 ha | Philippines |
| 1990s | 22,690 ha | 22,357 ha | 333 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 15,750 ha | 18,118 ha | 2,368 ha | Philippines |
| 2010s | 12,600 ha | 15,669 ha | 3,069 ha | Philippines |
| 2020s | 9,970 ha | 15,174 ha | 5,204 ha | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Japan or Philippines?
- Philippines, at 15,107 ha against 9,070 ha in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Japan and Philippines?
- 6,037 ha, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Philippines?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Philippines rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 16th and Philippines ranks 13th 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.