Barbados vs Eastern Africa: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Barbados
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 12,397 kg/ha against 5,020 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 7,377 kg/ha.
That makes Barbados's figure about 2.5 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Barbados has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 21st and Eastern Africa ranks 21st of 67 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,972 kg/ha | 4,164 kg/ha | 7,808 kg/ha | Barbados |
| 1970s | 12,051 kg/ha | 4,438 kg/ha | 7,613 kg/ha | Barbados |
| 1980s | 12,180 kg/ha | 4,237 kg/ha | 7,943 kg/ha | Barbados |
| 1990s | 9,578 kg/ha | 5,017 kg/ha | 4,561 kg/ha | Barbados |
| 2000s | 12,422 kg/ha | 5,602 kg/ha | 6,820 kg/ha | Barbados |
| 2010s | 12,176 kg/ha | 5,356 kg/ha | 6,819 kg/ha | Barbados |
| 2020s | 12,440 kg/ha | 4,879 kg/ha | 7,561 kg/ha | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Barbados or Eastern Africa?
- Barbados, at 12,397 kg/ha against 5,020 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Barbados and Eastern Africa?
- 7,377 kg/ha, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Eastern Africa rank globally for yams — yield?
- Barbados ranks 21st and Eastern Africa ranks 21st of 67 countries.
- 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.