Gabon vs Polynesia: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Gabon
- Polynesia
How they compare
Gabon currently reports 37,055 ha against 530 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 36,525 ha.
That makes Gabon's figure about 69.9 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.
Gabon ranks 11th and Polynesia ranks 9th of 61 countries.
Gabon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,778 ha | 2,375 ha | 5,403 ha | Gabon |
| 1970s | 10,450 ha | 2,453 ha | 7,997 ha | Gabon |
| 1980s | 14,900 ha | 1,894 ha | 13,006 ha | Gabon |
| 1990s | 18,691 ha | 1,047 ha | 17,644 ha | Gabon |
| 2000s | 23,131 ha | 1,081 ha | 22,050 ha | Gabon |
| 2010s | 33,888 ha | 1,964 ha | 31,925 ha | Gabon |
| 2020s | 37,196 ha | 569.6 ha | 36,627 ha | Gabon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Gabon or Polynesia?
- Gabon, at 37,055 ha against 530 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Gabon and Polynesia?
- 36,525 ha, with Gabon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and Polynesia rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 11th and Polynesia ranks 9th 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.