Asia vs Guinea: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- Guinea
How they compare
Asia currently reports 48,834 ha against 39,033 ha in Guinea, a difference of 9,801 ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 1.3 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Asia ahead.
Asia ranks 9th and Guinea ranks 9th of 24 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,872 ha | 6,278 ha | 3,594 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 13,182 ha | 7,248 ha | 5,934 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 15,089 ha | 7,254 ha | 7,835 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 14,261 ha | 8,114 ha | 6,147 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 14,058 ha | 4,007 ha | 10,051 ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 24,964 ha | 13,758 ha | 11,206 ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 47,750 ha | 39,568 ha | 8,182 ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Asia or Guinea?
- Asia, at 48,834 ha against 39,033 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Asia and Guinea?
- 9,801 ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Guinea rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 9th and Guinea ranks 9th of 24 regions.
- 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.