Americas vs Japan: Taro — Production
Taro — Production over time
- Americas
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 118,462 t against 61,850 t in Americas, a difference of 56,612 t.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.9 times Americas's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 16th and Japan ranks 13th of 24 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,253 t | 508,222 t | 482,970 t | Japan |
| 1970s | 30,394 t | 444,770 t | 414,376 t | Japan |
| 1980s | 29,759 t | 389,710 t | 359,951 t | Japan |
| 1990s | 76,542 t | 279,510 t | 202,968 t | Japan |
| 2000s | 82,346 t | 194,600 t | 112,254 t | Japan |
| 2010s | 86,387 t | 158,090 t | 71,703 t | Japan |
| 2020s | 70,234 t | 133,212 t | 62,978 t | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — production, Americas or Japan?
- Japan, at 118,462 t against 61,850 t in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — production between Americas and Japan?
- 56,612 t, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Japan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Japan rank globally for taro — production?
- Americas ranks 16th and Japan ranks 13th of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Taro — Production. 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.