Ethiopia vs South America: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Ethiopia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 72,023 kg/ha against 24,749 kg/ha in Ethiopia, a difference of 47,274 kg/ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.9 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Ethiopia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 4th and South America ranks 1st of 51 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 2 and South America in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 25,732 kg/ha | 6,793 kg/ha | 18,940 kg/ha | Ethiopia |
| 2000s | 25,585 kg/ha | 6,527 kg/ha | 19,058 kg/ha | Ethiopia |
| 2010s | 25,311 kg/ha | 31,535 kg/ha | 6,225 kg/ha | South America |
| 2020s | 24,926 kg/ha | 66,497 kg/ha | 41,571 kg/ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Ethiopia or South America?
- South America, at 72,023 kg/ha against 24,749 kg/ha in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Ethiopia and South America?
- 47,274 kg/ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and South America?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and South America rank globally for taro — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 4th and South America ranks 1st of 51 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.