Caribbean vs Western Africa: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 7,617 kg/ha against 6,078 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 1,539 kg/ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 1.3 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 28th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 29 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 | 5,040 kg/ha | 7,461 kg/ha | 2,422 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 5,143 kg/ha | 7,674 kg/ha | 2,531 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 5,185 kg/ha | 7,594 kg/ha | 2,409 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 4,787 kg/ha | 9,483 kg/ha | 4,696 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 6,230 kg/ha | 9,377 kg/ha | 3,148 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 6,634 kg/ha | 8,428 kg/ha | 1,794 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 6,209 kg/ha | 7,593 kg/ha | 1,384 kg/ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher roots and tubers, total — yield, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 7,617 kg/ha against 6,078 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in roots and tubers, total — yield between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 1,539 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 roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 28th and Western Africa ranks 27th of 29 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.