Brazil vs Caribbean: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Caribbean
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 28,734 ha against 26,216 ha in Brazil, a difference of 2,518 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 14th and Caribbean ranks 14th of 60 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,267 ha | 37,375 ha | 26,108 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 16,300 ha | 49,264 ha | 32,964 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 22,170 ha | 53,409 ha | 31,239 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 24,234 ha | 73,047 ha | 48,813 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 25,804 ha | 76,544 ha | 50,740 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 25,738 ha | 76,912 ha | 51,174 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 26,141 ha | 34,210 ha | 8,069 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Brazil or Caribbean?
- Caribbean, at 28,734 ha against 26,216 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Brazil and Caribbean?
- 2,518 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Caribbean?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Caribbean rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 14th and Caribbean ranks 14th of 60 countries.
- 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.