Eastern Africa vs Guinea: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Africa
- Guinea
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 41,943 ha against 39,033 ha in Guinea, a difference of 2,910 ha.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Africa ahead.
Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Guinea ranks 9th of 20 groups.
Eastern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Africa | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58,098 ha | 6,278 ha | 51,820 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1970s | 64,616 ha | 7,248 ha | 57,368 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1980s | 65,954 ha | 7,254 ha | 58,700 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 1990s | 25,802 ha | 8,114 ha | 17,688 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2000s | 7,704 ha | 4,007 ha | 3,697 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2010s | 33,255 ha | 13,758 ha | 19,497 ha | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 42,482 ha | 39,568 ha | 2,913 ha | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Eastern Africa or Guinea?
- Eastern Africa, at 41,943 ha against 39,033 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Eastern Africa and Guinea?
- 2,910 ha, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Africa and Guinea rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 11th and Guinea ranks 9th of 20 groups.
- 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.