Egypt vs South America: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Egypt
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 72,023 kg/ha against 36,345 kg/ha in Egypt, a difference of 35,678 kg/ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.0 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 3rd and South America ranks 1st of 52 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 6 and South America in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,912 kg/ha | 10,834 kg/ha | 14,077 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 26,542 kg/ha | 16,968 kg/ha | 9,574 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 31,746 kg/ha | 10,811 kg/ha | 20,935 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 32,812 kg/ha | 7,740 kg/ha | 25,072 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 29,529 kg/ha | 6,527 kg/ha | 23,002 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 34,655 kg/ha | 31,535 kg/ha | 3,120 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 34,834 kg/ha | 66,497 kg/ha | 31,663 kg/ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Egypt or South America?
- South America, at 72,023 kg/ha against 36,345 kg/ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Egypt and South America?
- 35,678 kg/ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and South America rank globally for taro — yield?
- Egypt ranks 3rd and South America ranks 1st of 52 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.