Colombia vs Eastern Africa: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Colombia
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 41,943 ha against 35,120 ha in Colombia, a difference of 6,823 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Colombia ranks 12th and Eastern Africa ranks 11th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 2 and Eastern Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,667 ha | 58,098 ha | 43,431 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 9,570 ha | 64,616 ha | 55,046 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 14,050 ha | 65,954 ha | 51,905 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 11,359 ha | 25,802 ha | 14,442 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 25,263 ha | 7,704 ha | 17,558 ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 33,660 ha | 33,255 ha | 405 ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 34,677 ha | 42,482 ha | 7,804 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Colombia or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 41,943 ha against 35,120 ha in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Colombia and Eastern Africa?
- 6,823 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Eastern Africa rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Colombia ranks 12th 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.