Madagascar vs Polynesia: Taro — Yield
Taro — Yield over time
- Madagascar
- Polynesia
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 6,002 kg/ha against 5,817 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 185 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Madagascar ranks 40th and Polynesia ranks 43rd of 59 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 4 and Polynesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,010 kg/ha | 7,226 kg/ha | 216.5 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 6,552 kg/ha | 6,657 kg/ha | 104.82 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 6,402 kg/ha | 6,711 kg/ha | 309.4 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 6,313 kg/ha | 4,772 kg/ha | 1,541 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 6,501 kg/ha | 5,410 kg/ha | 1,091 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 6,169 kg/ha | 5,589 kg/ha | 580.29 kg/ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 6,032 kg/ha | 5,828 kg/ha | 204.18 kg/ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher taro — yield, Madagascar or Polynesia?
- Madagascar, at 6,002 kg/ha against 5,817 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in taro — yield between Madagascar and Polynesia?
- 185 kg/ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Polynesia rank globally for taro — yield?
- Madagascar ranks 40th and Polynesia ranks 43rd 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.