Sierra Leone vs Tonga: Taro — Area harvested
Taro — Area harvested over time
- Sierra Leone
- Tonga
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 1,144 ha against 456 ha in Tonga, a difference of 688 ha.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 2.5 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 30th and Tonga ranks 32nd of 51 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 ha | 3,481 ha | 6,519 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1970s | 9,600 ha | 3,881 ha | 5,719 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1980s | 4,280 ha | 2,500 ha | 1,780 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 1990s | 1,219 ha | 1,038 ha | 181.6 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 1,059 ha | 449.5 ha | 609.7 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 1,183 ha | 449.2 ha | 733.9 ha | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 1,153 ha | 456.8 ha | 696 ha | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — area harvested, Sierra Leone or Tonga?
- Sierra Leone, at 1,144 ha against 456 ha in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — area harvested between Sierra Leone and Tonga?
- 688 ha, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Tonga?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Tonga rank globally for taro — area harvested?
- Sierra Leone ranks 30th and Tonga ranks 32nd 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.