Caribbean vs Southern Asia: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 10,587 kg/ha against 3,294 kg/ha in Southern Asia, a difference of 7,293 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 3.2 times Southern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Caribbean ranks 20th and Southern Asia ranks 23rd of 59 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 4 and Southern Asia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,455 kg/ha | 10,107 kg/ha | 651.37 kg/ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 9,833 kg/ha | 10,063 kg/ha | 230.09 kg/ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 9,972 kg/ha | 10,030 kg/ha | 57.58 kg/ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 9,976 kg/ha | 5,548 kg/ha | 4,428 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 10,134 kg/ha | 5,565 kg/ha | 4,569 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 10,093 kg/ha | 5,646 kg/ha | 4,447 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 10,328 kg/ha | 2,792 kg/ha | 7,536 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Caribbean or Southern Asia?
- Caribbean, at 10,587 kg/ha against 3,294 kg/ha in Southern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Caribbean and Southern Asia?
- 7,293 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Southern Asia rank globally for taro — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 20th and Southern Asia ranks 23rd of 59 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.