Madagascar vs Oceania: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Oceania
How they compare
Oceania currently reports 47,719 ha against 39,102 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 8,617 ha.
That makes Oceania's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Oceania has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 7th and Oceania ranks 10th of 52 countries.
Oceania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,916 ha | 34,896 ha | 21,980 ha | Oceania |
| 1970s | 12,521 ha | 38,580 ha | 26,059 ha | Oceania |
| 1980s | 14,052 ha | 42,121 ha | 28,068 ha | Oceania |
| 1990s | 22,100 ha | 40,105 ha | 18,005 ha | Oceania |
| 2000s | 34,284 ha | 51,897 ha | 17,613 ha | Oceania |
| 2010s | 37,873 ha | 49,305 ha | 11,432 ha | Oceania |
| 2020s | 38,895 ha | 47,892 ha | 8,997 ha | Oceania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Madagascar or Oceania?
- Oceania, at 47,719 ha against 39,102 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Madagascar and Oceania?
- 8,617 ha, with Oceania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Oceania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Oceania rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 7th and Oceania ranks 10th 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.