Caribbean vs Western Africa: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 10,587 kg/ha against 6,066 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 4,521 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.7 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 22nd of 59 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,455 kg/ha | 4,796 kg/ha | 4,660 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 9,833 kg/ha | 2,997 kg/ha | 6,836 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 9,972 kg/ha | 2,874 kg/ha | 7,098 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 9,976 kg/ha | 4,433 kg/ha | 5,543 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 10,134 kg/ha | 5,987 kg/ha | 4,147 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 10,093 kg/ha | 5,762 kg/ha | 4,330 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 10,328 kg/ha | 6,031 kg/ha | 4,297 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Caribbean, at 10,587 kg/ha against 6,066 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 4,521 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Western Africa rank globally for taro — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 20th and Western Africa ranks 22nd 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.