Caribbean vs Eastern Africa: Tomatoes — Yield
Tomatoes — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 16,968 kg/ha against 9,994 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 6,974 kg/ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.7 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 28th and Eastern Africa ranks 25th of 29 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Caribbean averaged higher in 5 and Eastern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,673 kg/ha | 9,716 kg/ha | 2,956 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 10,693 kg/ha | 10,103 kg/ha | 590.74 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 10,605 kg/ha | 8,952 kg/ha | 1,653 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 9,281 kg/ha | 9,675 kg/ha | 393.86 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 14,381 kg/ha | 10,892 kg/ha | 3,490 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 15,287 kg/ha | 14,590 kg/ha | 697.44 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 14,263 kg/ha | 18,214 kg/ha | 3,950 kg/ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — yield, Caribbean or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 16,968 kg/ha against 9,994 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — yield between Caribbean and Eastern Africa?
- 6,974 kg/ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Eastern Africa rank globally for tomatoes — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 28th and Eastern Africa ranks 25th of 29 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Tomatoes — 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.