Jamaica vs South-Eastern Asia: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Jamaica
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 10,772 ha against 3,251 ha in South-Eastern Asia, a difference of 7,521 ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 3.3 times South-Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South-Eastern Asia ahead.
Jamaica ranks 18th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 17th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 6 and South-Eastern Asia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,539 ha | 5,828 ha | 1,289 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 11,189 ha | 6,011 ha | 5,178 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 11,631 ha | 6,875 ha | 4,756 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 13,572 ha | 5,332 ha | 8,240 ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 8,172 ha | 5,512 ha | 2,659 ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 8,606 ha | 2,790 ha | 5,816 ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 10,599 ha | 3,129 ha | 7,470 ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Jamaica or South-Eastern Asia?
- Jamaica, at 10,772 ha against 3,251 ha in South-Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Jamaica and South-Eastern Asia?
- 7,521 ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 18th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 17th 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.