Gabon vs South America: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Gabon
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 66,642 ha against 37,055 ha in Gabon, a difference of 29,587 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 1.8 times Gabon's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Gabon ranks 11th and South America ranks 10th of 61 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gabon | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,778 ha | 34,645 ha | 26,868 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 10,450 ha | 33,070 ha | 22,620 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 14,900 ha | 42,521 ha | 27,621 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 18,691 ha | 42,654 ha | 23,963 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 23,131 ha | 60,685 ha | 37,554 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 33,888 ha | 65,816 ha | 31,928 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 37,196 ha | 65,920 ha | 28,723 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Gabon or South America?
- South America, at 66,642 ha against 37,055 ha in Gabon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Gabon and South America?
- 29,587 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Gabon and South America rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Gabon ranks 11th and South America ranks 10th 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.