Least Developed Countries (LDCs) vs Melanesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Melanesia
How they compare
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) currently reports 264,977 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 221,994 ha.
That makes Least Developed Countries (LDCs)'s figure about 6.2 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has been ahead every year.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 10 regions.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,692 ha | 27,786 ha | 55,907 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1970s | 85,716 ha | 29,560 ha | 56,156 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1980s | 88,371 ha | 33,283 ha | 55,089 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 1990s | 155,931 ha | 34,738 ha | 121,192 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2000s | 182,772 ha | 46,844 ha | 135,928 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2010s | 230,182 ha | 43,620 ha | 186,562 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
| 2020s | 257,544 ha | 43,115 ha | 214,429 ha | Least Developed Countries (LDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Least Developed Countries (LDCs) or Melanesia?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs), at 264,977 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia?
- 221,994 ha, with Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Least Developed Countries (LDCs) and Melanesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 2nd and Melanesia ranks 5th of 10 regions.
- 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.
Individual pages
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.