Northern Africa vs Rwanda: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Northern Africa
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 28,816 ha against 3,257 ha in Northern Africa, a difference of 25,559 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 8.8 times Northern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.
Northern Africa ranks 13th and Rwanda ranks 10th of 21 groups.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern Africa | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,307 ha | 2,950 ha | 1,643 ha | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 2,205 ha | 5,526 ha | 3,321 ha | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 3,210 ha | 7,340 ha | 4,130 ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 3,249 ha | 31,026 ha | 27,777 ha | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 3,313 ha | 25,891 ha | 22,578 ha | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 3,257 ha | 29,933 ha | 26,676 ha | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 4,211 ha | 28,922 ha | 24,711 ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Northern Africa or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 28,816 ha against 3,257 ha in Northern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Northern Africa and Rwanda?
- 25,559 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern Africa and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern Africa and Rwanda rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 13th and Rwanda ranks 10th of 21 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.