Caribbean vs Samoa: Taro — Production
Taro — Production over time
- Caribbean
- Samoa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 28,188 t against 18,737 t in Samoa, a difference of 9,451 t.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.5 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Caribbean ranks 26th and Samoa ranks 29th of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,930 t | 22,511 t | 7,581 t | Samoa |
| 1970s | 20,224 t | 29,370 t | 9,146 t | Samoa |
| 1980s | 20,615 t | 37,290 t | 16,675 t | Samoa |
| 1990s | 15,045 t | 11,404 t | 3,641 t | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 17,170 t | 17,368 t | 198.07 t | Samoa |
| 2010s | 25,667 t | 22,936 t | 2,731 t | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 28,755 t | 18,996 t | 9,759 t | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — production, Caribbean or Samoa?
- Caribbean, at 28,188 t against 18,737 t in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — production between Caribbean and Samoa?
- 9,451 t, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Samoa rank globally for taro — production?
- Caribbean ranks 26th and Samoa ranks 29th of 59 countries.
- 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.