India vs Papua New Guinea: Yams — Production
Yams — Production over time
- India
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
India currently reports 977,000 t against 385,041 t in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 591,959 t.
That makes India's figure about 2.5 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 11 shared years of data; in 2014 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
India ranks 5th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 61 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 661,891 t | 372,655 t | 289,237 t | India |
| 2020s | 920,461 t | 384,592 t | 535,869 t | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — production, India or Papua New Guinea?
- India, at 977,000 t against 385,041 t in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — production between India and Papua New Guinea?
- 591,959 t, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Papua New Guinea?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2014 to 2024.
- How do India and Papua New Guinea rank globally for yams — production?
- India ranks 5th and Papua New Guinea ranks 8th of 61 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Production. 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.