Brazil vs Eastern Africa: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 41,943 ha against 26,216 ha in Brazil, a difference of 15,727 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.6 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Brazil ranks 14th and Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Eastern Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,267 ha | 58,098 ha | 46,831 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 16,300 ha | 64,616 ha | 48,316 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 22,170 ha | 65,954 ha | 43,784 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 24,234 ha | 25,802 ha | 1,568 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 25,804 ha | 7,704 ha | 18,100 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 25,738 ha | 33,255 ha | 7,516 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 26,141 ha | 42,482 ha | 16,340 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Brazil or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 41,943 ha against 26,216 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Brazil and Eastern Africa?
- 15,727 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Eastern Africa rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 14th and Eastern Africa ranks 11th 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.