Eastern Asia vs South Sudan: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- South Sudan
How they compare
South Sudan currently reports 21,922 ha against 6,566 ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 15,356 ha.
That makes South Sudan's figure about 3.3 times Eastern Asia's.
Across all 13 years both countries report, South Sudan has been ahead every year.
Eastern Asia ranks 15th and South Sudan ranks 17th of 20 groups.
South Sudan has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | South Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7,235 ha | 20,416 ha | 13,181 ha | South Sudan |
| 2020s | 6,673 ha | 21,969 ha | 15,296 ha | South Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Eastern Asia or South Sudan?
- South Sudan, at 21,922 ha against 6,566 ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Eastern Asia and South Sudan?
- 15,356 ha, with South Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and South Sudan?
- 13 years are reported by both, from 2012 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and South Sudan rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 15th and South Sudan ranks 17th 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.