Polynesia vs Samoa: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Polynesia
- Samoa
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 4,375 ha against 3,361 ha in Samoa, a difference of 1,014 ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 1.3 times Samoa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Polynesia has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 22nd and Samoa ranks 24th of 59 countries.
Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,895 ha | 3,272 ha | 3,623 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 8,711 ha | 4,350 ha | 4,361 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 8,478 ha | 5,464 ha | 3,015 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 4,999 ha | 3,322 ha | 1,677 ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 4,627 ha | 3,474 ha | 1,154 ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 5,332 ha | 4,264 ha | 1,068 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 4,417 ha | 3,410 ha | 1,008 ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Polynesia or Samoa?
- Polynesia, at 4,375 ha against 3,361 ha in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Polynesia and Samoa?
- 1,014 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Polynesia and Samoa rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Polynesia ranks 22nd and Samoa ranks 24th of 59 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.