Benin vs World: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Benin
- World
How they compare
Benin currently reports 16,021 kg/ha against 8,449 kg/ha in World, a difference of 7,572 kg/ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.9 times World's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Benin ahead.
Benin ranks 11th and World ranks 14th of 67 countries.
Benin has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,146 kg/ha | 7,879 kg/ha | 1,267 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1970s | 9,943 kg/ha | 8,246 kg/ha | 1,698 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1980s | 9,723 kg/ha | 7,454 kg/ha | 2,269 kg/ha | Benin |
| 1990s | 10,909 kg/ha | 10,176 kg/ha | 733 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2000s | 12,123 kg/ha | 10,312 kg/ha | 1,811 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2010s | 14,173 kg/ha | 8,926 kg/ha | 5,248 kg/ha | Benin |
| 2020s | 13,230 kg/ha | 8,431 kg/ha | 4,799 kg/ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Benin or World?
- Benin, at 16,021 kg/ha against 8,449 kg/ha in World as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Benin and World?
- 7,572 kg/ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and World?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and World rank globally for yams — yield?
- Benin ranks 11th and World ranks 14th 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.