Puerto Rico vs Tonga: Yams — Area harvested
Yams — Area harvested over time
- Puerto Rico
- Tonga
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 413 ha against 352 ha in Tonga, a difference of 61 ha.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.2 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 39th and Tonga ranks 42nd of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 4 and Tonga in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,539 ha | 2,309 ha | 230.11 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 1,884 ha | 2,353 ha | 469.1 ha | Tonga |
| 1980s | 2,135 ha | 1,650 ha | 484.8 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 762.9 ha | 531.3 ha | 231.6 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 346 ha | 348.9 ha | 2.9 ha | Tonga |
| 2010s | 303.3 ha | 357.3 ha | 54 ha | Tonga |
| 2020s | 383 ha | 350.4 ha | 32.6 ha | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — area harvested, Puerto Rico or Tonga?
- Puerto Rico, at 413 ha against 352 ha in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — area harvested between Puerto Rico and Tonga?
- 61 ha, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Tonga?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Puerto Rico and Tonga rank globally for yams — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 39th and Tonga ranks 42nd 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.