Caribbean vs South America: Spinach — Yield
Spinach — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 19,212 kg/ha against 16,073 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 3,139 kg/ha.
That makes South America's figure about 1.2 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 10th and South America ranks 7th of 25 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 3 and South America in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,526 kg/ha | 6,883 kg/ha | 643.62 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 7,943 kg/ha | 9,563 kg/ha | 1,620 kg/ha | South America |
| 1980s | 7,550 kg/ha | 7,564 kg/ha | 13.52 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 16,286 kg/ha | 11,761 kg/ha | 4,525 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 16,705 kg/ha | 15,603 kg/ha | 1,101 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 16,247 kg/ha | 17,276 kg/ha | 1,029 kg/ha | South America |
| 2020s | 16,124 kg/ha | 19,310 kg/ha | 3,186 kg/ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher spinach — yield, Caribbean or South America?
- South America, at 19,212 kg/ha against 16,073 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in spinach — yield between Caribbean and South America?
- 3,139 kg/ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and South America rank globally for spinach — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 10th and South America ranks 7th of 25 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Spinach — 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.