Brazil vs Colombia: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Colombia
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 35,120 ha against 26,216 ha in Brazil, a difference of 8,904 ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.
Brazil ranks 14th and Colombia ranks 12th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Colombia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Colombia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,267 ha | 14,667 ha | 3,400 ha | Colombia |
| 1970s | 16,300 ha | 9,570 ha | 6,730 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 22,170 ha | 14,050 ha | 8,120 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 24,234 ha | 11,359 ha | 12,875 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 25,804 ha | 25,263 ha | 541.4 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 25,738 ha | 33,660 ha | 7,921 ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 26,141 ha | 34,677 ha | 8,536 ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Brazil or Colombia?
- Colombia, at 35,120 ha against 26,216 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Brazil and Colombia?
- 8,904 ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Colombia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Colombia rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 14th and Colombia ranks 12th of 61 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.