Micronesia vs Papua New Guinea: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Micronesia
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 35,288 ha against 361 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 34,927 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 97.8 times Micronesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Micronesia ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 10 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Micronesia | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 215 ha | 20,439 ha | 20,224 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 309 ha | 26,400 ha | 26,091 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 360 ha | 30,370 ha | 30,010 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 367.2 ha | 30,792 ha | 30,424 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 426 ha | 38,537 ha | 38,111 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 352.3 ha | 36,340 ha | 35,987 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 359 ha | 35,627 ha | 35,268 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Micronesia or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 35,288 ha against 361 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Micronesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 34,927 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Micronesia and Papua New Guinea rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Micronesia ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 10 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.