Caribbean vs Polynesia: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Polynesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 10,587 kg/ha against 5,817 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 4,770 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.8 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 11th and Polynesia ranks 8th of 21 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,455 kg/ha | 7,226 kg/ha | 2,229 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 9,833 kg/ha | 6,657 kg/ha | 3,176 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 9,972 kg/ha | 6,711 kg/ha | 3,261 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 9,976 kg/ha | 4,772 kg/ha | 5,204 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 10,134 kg/ha | 5,410 kg/ha | 4,724 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 10,093 kg/ha | 5,589 kg/ha | 4,504 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 10,328 kg/ha | 5,828 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Caribbean or Polynesia?
- Caribbean, at 10,587 kg/ha against 5,817 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 4,770 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Polynesia rank globally for taro — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 11th and Polynesia ranks 8th of 21 countries.
- 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.