Northern America vs Samoa: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Northern America
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 3,361 ha against 133 ha in Northern America, a difference of 3,228 ha.
That makes Samoa's figure about 25.3 times Northern America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Samoa has been ahead every year.
Northern America ranks 17th and Samoa ranks 20th of 21 groups.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Northern America | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185.22 ha | 3,272 ha | 3,087 ha | Samoa |
| 1970s | 188.7 ha | 4,350 ha | 4,161 ha | Samoa |
| 1980s | 155.5 ha | 5,464 ha | 5,308 ha | Samoa |
| 1990s | 203 ha | 3,322 ha | 3,119 ha | Samoa |
| 2000s | 166.2 ha | 3,474 ha | 3,307 ha | Samoa |
| 2010s | 152.9 ha | 4,264 ha | 4,111 ha | Samoa |
| 2020s | 133.2 ha | 3,410 ha | 3,276 ha | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Northern America or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 3,361 ha against 133 ha in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Northern America and Samoa?
- 3,228 ha, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Northern America and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Northern America and Samoa rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 17th and Samoa ranks 20th 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.