Madagascar vs Papua New Guinea: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 39,102 ha against 35,288 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 3,814 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Madagascar ranks 7th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 52 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,916 ha | 20,439 ha | 7,523 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 12,521 ha | 26,400 ha | 13,879 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 14,052 ha | 30,370 ha | 16,318 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 22,100 ha | 30,792 ha | 8,692 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 34,284 ha | 38,537 ha | 4,252 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 37,873 ha | 36,340 ha | 1,534 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 38,895 ha | 35,627 ha | 3,267 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Madagascar or Papua New Guinea?
- Madagascar, at 39,102 ha against 35,288 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?
- 3,814 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Papua New Guinea rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 7th and Papua New Guinea 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.