Central America vs Japan: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Central America
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 13,060 kg/ha against 8,541 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 4,519 kg/ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Japan ahead.
Central America ranks 17th and Japan ranks 14th of 24 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11,523 kg/ha | 12,309 kg/ha | 785.77 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 11,524 kg/ha | 12,367 kg/ha | 843.5 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 11,014 kg/ha | 12,549 kg/ha | 1,535 kg/ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 8,710 kg/ha | 13,355 kg/ha | 4,646 kg/ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Central America or Japan?
- Japan, at 13,060 kg/ha against 8,541 kg/ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Central America and Japan?
- 4,519 kg/ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Japan?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Japan rank globally for taro — yield?
- Central America ranks 17th and Japan ranks 14th 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.