Europe vs Japan: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Europe
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 6,566 ha against 136 ha in Europe, a difference of 6,430 ha.
That makes Japan's figure about 48.3 times Europe's.
Across all 57 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 18th and Japan ranks 21st of 20 regions.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 236 ha | 4,044 ha | 3,808 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 282.8 ha | 7,171 ha | 6,888 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 239.7 ha | 8,214 ha | 7,974 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 145.5 ha | 8,929 ha | 8,784 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 144.4 ha | 8,546 ha | 8,402 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 131.12 ha | 7,348 ha | 7,216 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Europe or Japan?
- Japan, at 6,566 ha against 136 ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Europe and Japan?
- 6,430 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Japan?
- 57 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2017.
- How do Europe and Japan rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 18th and Japan ranks 21st of 20 regions.
- 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.