Melanesia vs Papua New Guinea: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 42,983 ha against 35,288 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 7,695 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.2 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 5th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 10 groups.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,786 ha | 20,439 ha | 7,347 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 29,560 ha | 26,400 ha | 3,160 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 33,283 ha | 30,370 ha | 2,913 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 34,738 ha | 30,792 ha | 3,947 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 46,844 ha | 38,537 ha | 8,308 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 43,620 ha | 36,340 ha | 7,281 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 43,115 ha | 35,627 ha | 7,488 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Melanesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Melanesia, at 42,983 ha against 35,288 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 7,695 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 5th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 10 groups.
- 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.