Madagascar vs Melanesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 42,983 ha against 39,102 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 3,881 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 7th 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 | Madagascar | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,916 ha | 27,786 ha | 14,869 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 12,521 ha | 29,560 ha | 17,039 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 14,052 ha | 33,283 ha | 19,230 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 22,100 ha | 34,738 ha | 12,638 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 34,284 ha | 46,844 ha | 12,560 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 37,873 ha | 43,620 ha | 5,747 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 38,895 ha | 43,115 ha | 4,221 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Madagascar or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 42,983 ha against 39,102 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Madagascar and Melanesia?
- 3,881 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Melanesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 7th 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.