Philippines vs Thailand: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Philippines
- Thailand
How they compare
Philippines currently reports 15,107 ha against 10,467 ha in Thailand, a difference of 4,640 ha.
That makes Philippines's figure about 1.4 times Thailand's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Philippines has been ahead every year.
Philippines ranks 13th and Thailand ranks 15th of 51 countries.
Philippines has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Philippines | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,160 ha | 7,400 ha | 14,760 ha | Philippines |
| 1970s | 29,936 ha | 7,460 ha | 22,476 ha | Philippines |
| 1980s | 32,130 ha | 5,908 ha | 26,222 ha | Philippines |
| 1990s | 22,357 ha | 4,925 ha | 17,432 ha | Philippines |
| 2000s | 18,118 ha | 6,686 ha | 11,433 ha | Philippines |
| 2010s | 15,669 ha | 9,722 ha | 5,946 ha | Philippines |
| 2020s | 15,174 ha | 10,451 ha | 4,723 ha | Philippines |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Philippines or Thailand?
- Philippines, at 15,107 ha against 10,467 ha in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Philippines and Thailand?
- 4,640 ha, with Philippines ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Philippines and Thailand rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 13th and Thailand ranks 15th of 51 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.