Caribbean vs Western Africa: Cassava, fresh — Yield
Cassava, fresh — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 7,780 kg/ha against 5,371 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 2,409 kg/ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.4 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 17th and Western Africa ranks 15th of 18 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,338 kg/ha | 7,779 kg/ha | 3,441 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 4,438 kg/ha | 8,654 kg/ha | 4,215 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 4,078 kg/ha | 8,736 kg/ha | 4,658 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 3,958 kg/ha | 10,027 kg/ha | 6,069 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 5,446 kg/ha | 10,556 kg/ha | 5,110 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 5,515 kg/ha | 9,546 kg/ha | 4,030 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 5,394 kg/ha | 7,788 kg/ha | 2,394 kg/ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cassava, fresh — yield, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 7,780 kg/ha against 5,371 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cassava, fresh — yield between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 2,409 kg/ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Western Africa rank globally for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 17th and Western Africa ranks 15th of 18 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cassava, fresh — 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.