Burkina Faso vs Caribbean: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Burkina Faso
- Caribbean
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 11,229 kg/ha against 10,590 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 639 kg/ha.
That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.1 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 23rd and Caribbean ranks 9th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 4 and Caribbean in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Caribbean | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,879 kg/ha | 6,510 kg/ha | 2,631 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 8,418 kg/ha | 6,719 kg/ha | 1,699 kg/ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 9,243 kg/ha | 6,221 kg/ha | 3,022 kg/ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 5,957 kg/ha | 6,620 kg/ha | 663.16 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 8,222 kg/ha | 7,385 kg/ha | 836.88 kg/ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 6,565 kg/ha | 8,375 kg/ha | 1,810 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 12,081 kg/ha | 9,191 kg/ha | 2,890 kg/ha | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Burkina Faso or Caribbean?
- Burkina Faso, at 11,229 kg/ha against 10,590 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Burkina Faso and Caribbean?
- 639 kg/ha, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Caribbean?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burkina Faso and Caribbean rank globally for yams — yield?
- Burkina Faso ranks 23rd and Caribbean ranks 9th of 61 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.