Africa vs Tonga: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Africa
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 13,282 kg/ha against 8,339 kg/ha in Africa, a difference of 4,943 kg/ha.
That makes Tonga's figure about 1.6 times Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 16th and Tonga ranks 17th of 23 groups.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,841 kg/ha | 12,860 kg/ha | 5,019 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 1970s | 8,206 kg/ha | 13,535 kg/ha | 5,329 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 1980s | 7,371 kg/ha | 13,938 kg/ha | 6,567 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 1990s | 10,250 kg/ha | 14,722 kg/ha | 4,472 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 2000s | 10,340 kg/ha | 13,768 kg/ha | 3,428 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 2010s | 8,861 kg/ha | 13,444 kg/ha | 4,583 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 2020s | 8,326 kg/ha | 13,302 kg/ha | 4,976 kg/ha | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Africa or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 13,282 kg/ha against 8,339 kg/ha in Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Africa and Tonga?
- 4,943 kg/ha, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Tonga?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and Tonga rank globally for yams — yield?
- Africa ranks 16th and Tonga ranks 17th of 23 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Yams — Yield. 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.