Africa vs Caribbean: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Africa
- Caribbean
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 10,587 kg/ha against 6,872 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 3,715 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.5 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 21st and Caribbean ranks 20th of 24 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,654 kg/ha | 9,455 kg/ha | 4,801 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 3,212 kg/ha | 9,833 kg/ha | 6,621 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 3,364 kg/ha | 9,972 kg/ha | 6,608 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 4,969 kg/ha | 9,976 kg/ha | 5,007 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 6,677 kg/ha | 10,134 kg/ha | 3,457 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 6,777 kg/ha | 10,093 kg/ha | 3,316 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 6,903 kg/ha | 10,328 kg/ha | 3,425 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Africa or Caribbean?
- Caribbean, at 10,587 kg/ha against 6,872 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Africa and Caribbean?
- 3,715 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Caribbean?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Caribbean rank globally for taro — yield?
- Africa ranks 21st and Caribbean ranks 20th of 24 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Taro — Yield. 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.