India vs Polynesia: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- India
- Polynesia
How they compare
India currently reports 39,000 ha against 530 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 38,470 ha.
That makes India's figure about 73.6 times Polynesia's.
Across all 11 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.
India ranks 10th and Polynesia ranks 9th of 61 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 24,761 ha | 2,103 ha | 22,658 ha | India |
| 2020s | 37,931 ha | 569.6 ha | 37,362 ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, India or Polynesia?
- India, at 39,000 ha against 530 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between India and Polynesia?
- 38,470 ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Polynesia?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2024.
- How do India and Polynesia rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- India ranks 10th 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.