China vs Eastern Africa: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- China
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 19,209 kg/ha against 15,364 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 3,845 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.3 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 9th and Eastern Africa ranks 6th of 59 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,239 kg/ha | 5,643 kg/ha | 5,596 kg/ha | China |
| 1970s | 12,059 kg/ha | 5,336 kg/ha | 6,723 kg/ha | China |
| 1980s | 12,959 kg/ha | 5,532 kg/ha | 7,427 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 17,384 kg/ha | 8,567 kg/ha | 8,817 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 17,872 kg/ha | 11,386 kg/ha | 6,486 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 19,168 kg/ha | 12,998 kg/ha | 6,170 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 19,416 kg/ha | 15,260 kg/ha | 4,156 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, China or Eastern Africa?
- China, at 19,209 kg/ha against 15,364 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between China and Eastern Africa?
- 3,845 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Africa rank globally for taro — yield?
- China ranks 9th and Eastern Africa ranks 6th of 59 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.