Japan vs South-Eastern Asia: Yams — Production
Yams — Production over time
- Japan
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 165,669 t against 16,064 t in South-Eastern Asia, a difference of 149,605 t.
That makes Japan's figure about 10.3 times South-Eastern Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 17th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 17th of 61 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71,356 t | 30,261 t | 41,094 t | Japan |
| 1970s | 131,210 t | 22,950 t | 108,260 t | Japan |
| 1980s | 149,830 t | 21,406 t | 128,424 t | Japan |
| 1990s | 176,710 t | 25,687 t | 151,023 t | Japan |
| 2000s | 187,550 t | 26,789 t | 160,761 t | Japan |
| 2010s | 162,830 t | 15,702 t | 147,128 t | Japan |
| 2020s | 166,894 t | 18,156 t | 148,737 t | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — production, Japan or South-Eastern Asia?
- Japan, at 165,669 t against 16,064 t in South-Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — production between Japan and South-Eastern Asia?
- 149,605 t, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Japan and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for yams — production?
- Japan ranks 17th 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 — 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.