Eastern Asia vs Jamaica: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Jamaica
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 10,772 ha against 6,566 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 4,206 ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.6 times Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Asia ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 15th and Jamaica ranks 18th of 20 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,044 ha | 4,539 ha | 494.33 ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 7,171 ha | 11,189 ha | 4,018 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 8,214 ha | 11,631 ha | 3,417 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 8,929 ha | 13,572 ha | 4,643 ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 8,546 ha | 8,172 ha | 374.5 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 7,303 ha | 8,606 ha | 1,303 ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 6,673 ha | 10,599 ha | 3,926 ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Jamaica?
- Jamaica, at 10,772 ha against 6,566 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Jamaica?
- 4,206 ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Jamaica rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 15th and Jamaica ranks 18th 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.