Oceania vs Polynesia: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Oceania
- Polynesia
How they compare
Oceania currently reports 47,719 ha against 4,375 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 43,344 ha.
That makes Oceania's figure about 10.9 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Oceania has been ahead every year.
Oceania ranks 10th and Polynesia ranks 8th of 21 groups.
Oceania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Oceania | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,896 ha | 6,895 ha | 28,001 ha | Oceania |
| 1970s | 38,580 ha | 8,711 ha | 29,869 ha | Oceania |
| 1980s | 42,121 ha | 8,478 ha | 33,643 ha | Oceania |
| 1990s | 40,105 ha | 4,999 ha | 35,106 ha | Oceania |
| 2000s | 51,897 ha | 4,627 ha | 47,270 ha | Oceania |
| 2010s | 49,305 ha | 5,332 ha | 43,973 ha | Oceania |
| 2020s | 47,892 ha | 4,417 ha | 43,474 ha | Oceania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Oceania or Polynesia?
- Oceania, at 47,719 ha against 4,375 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Oceania and Polynesia?
- 43,344 ha, with Oceania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Oceania and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Oceania and Polynesia rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Oceania ranks 10th and Polynesia ranks 8th 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.