Oceania vs Papua New Guinea: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Oceania
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Oceania currently reports 31,894 ha against 21,947 ha in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 9,947 ha.
That makes Oceania's figure about 1.5 times Papua New Guinea's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Oceania has been ahead every year.
Oceania ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 16th of 20 groups.
Oceania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Oceania | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,647 ha | 8,249 ha | 6,398 ha | Oceania |
| 1970s | 16,387 ha | 9,950 ha | 6,437 ha | Oceania |
| 1980s | 18,251 ha | 11,430 ha | 6,821 ha | Oceania |
| 1990s | 18,809 ha | 12,427 ha | 6,381 ha | Oceania |
| 2000s | 24,075 ha | 17,112 ha | 6,963 ha | Oceania |
| 2010s | 28,839 ha | 20,525 ha | 8,315 ha | Oceania |
| 2020s | 31,067 ha | 21,992 ha | 9,075 ha | Oceania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Oceania or Papua New Guinea?
- Oceania, at 31,894 ha against 21,947 ha in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Oceania and Papua New Guinea?
- 9,947 ha, with Oceania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Oceania and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Oceania and Papua New Guinea rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Oceania ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 16th of 20 groups.
- 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.