Caribbean vs Western Africa: Tomatoes — Yield
Tomatoes — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 9,994 kg/ha against 6,608 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 3,386 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.5 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 28th and Western Africa ranks 29th of 29 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,673 kg/ha | 8,013 kg/ha | 4,660 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 10,693 kg/ha | 7,224 kg/ha | 3,469 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 10,605 kg/ha | 8,194 kg/ha | 2,410 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 9,281 kg/ha | 8,668 kg/ha | 613.22 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 14,381 kg/ha | 7,218 kg/ha | 7,164 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 15,287 kg/ha | 6,358 kg/ha | 8,929 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 14,263 kg/ha | 5,780 kg/ha | 8,483 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher tomatoes — yield, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Caribbean, at 9,994 kg/ha against 6,608 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in tomatoes — yield between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 3,386 kg/ha, with Caribbean 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 tomatoes — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 28th and Western Africa ranks 29th 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.