Americas vs Guinea: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Guinea
How they compare
Americas currently reports 100,763 ha against 39,033 ha in Guinea, a difference of 61,730 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 2.6 times Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 4th and Guinea ranks 9th of 6 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,864 ha | 6,278 ha | 67,587 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 84,665 ha | 7,248 ha | 77,418 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 99,374 ha | 7,254 ha | 92,120 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 120,631 ha | 8,114 ha | 112,518 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 143,040 ha | 4,007 ha | 139,032 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 148,685 ha | 13,758 ha | 134,927 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 106,149 ha | 39,568 ha | 66,581 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Americas or Guinea?
- Americas, at 100,763 ha against 39,033 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Americas and Guinea?
- 61,730 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Guinea rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 4th and Guinea ranks 9th of 6 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Area harvested. 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.