Japan vs Rwanda: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Japan
- Rwanda
How they compare
Japan currently reports 6,566 ha against 6,439 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 127 ha.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 21st and Rwanda ranks 23rd of 60 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,044 ha | 153.33 ha | 3,891 ha | Japan |
| 1970s | 7,171 ha | 795.6 ha | 6,375 ha | Japan |
| 1980s | 8,214 ha | 1,112 ha | 7,102 ha | Japan |
| 1990s | 8,929 ha | 1,417 ha | 7,512 ha | Japan |
| 2000s | 8,546 ha | 2,386 ha | 6,160 ha | Japan |
| 2010s | 7,303 ha | 5,482 ha | 1,821 ha | Japan |
| 2020s | 6,673 ha | 6,402 ha | 270.8 ha | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Japan or Rwanda?
- Japan, at 6,566 ha against 6,439 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Japan and Rwanda?
- 127 ha, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Rwanda rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Japan ranks 21st and Rwanda ranks 23rd of 60 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.