Melanesia vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
How they compare
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 366,847 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 323,864 ha.
That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 8.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th of 10 regions.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,786 ha | 242,177 ha | 214,392 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1970s | 29,560 ha | 344,529 ha | 314,969 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1980s | 33,283 ha | 305,046 ha | 271,763 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 1990s | 34,738 ha | 358,432 ha | 323,693 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2000s | 46,844 ha | 248,852 ha | 202,008 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2010s | 43,620 ha | 319,947 ha | 276,327 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
| 2020s | 43,115 ha | 359,755 ha | 316,640 ha | Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Melanesia or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 366,847 ha against 42,983 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Melanesia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 323,864 ha, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.
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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.