Caribbean vs Central America: Carrots and turnips — Yield
Carrots and turnips — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Central America
How they compare
Central America currently reports 28,684 kg/ha against 23,283 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 5,401 kg/ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.2 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 20th and Central America ranks 17th of 28 countries.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,527 kg/ha | 35,913 kg/ha | 27,385 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 8,637 kg/ha | 27,502 kg/ha | 18,865 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 8,750 kg/ha | 22,642 kg/ha | 13,892 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 11,734 kg/ha | 24,061 kg/ha | 12,327 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 16,878 kg/ha | 25,551 kg/ha | 8,673 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 17,920 kg/ha | 27,425 kg/ha | 9,505 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 21,543 kg/ha | 28,523 kg/ha | 6,980 kg/ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher carrots and turnips — yield, Caribbean or Central America?
- Central America, at 28,684 kg/ha against 23,283 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in carrots and turnips — yield between Caribbean and Central America?
- 5,401 kg/ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Central America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Central America rank globally for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 20th and Central America ranks 17th of 28 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Carrots and turnips — 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.