Burundi vs Eastern Africa: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Burundi
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 12,938 kg/ha against 5,020 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 7,918 kg/ha.
That makes Burundi's figure about 2.6 times Eastern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burundi ahead.
Burundi ranks 18th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 60 countries.
Burundi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burundi | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,700 kg/ha | 4,164 kg/ha | 1,536 kg/ha | Burundi |
| 1970s | 5,373 kg/ha | 4,438 kg/ha | 935.86 kg/ha | Burundi |
| 1980s | 5,589 kg/ha | 4,237 kg/ha | 1,352 kg/ha | Burundi |
| 1990s | 5,634 kg/ha | 5,017 kg/ha | 616.72 kg/ha | Burundi |
| 2000s | 6,663 kg/ha | 5,602 kg/ha | 1,061 kg/ha | Burundi |
| 2010s | 9,809 kg/ha | 5,356 kg/ha | 4,452 kg/ha | Burundi |
| 2020s | 12,228 kg/ha | 4,879 kg/ha | 7,349 kg/ha | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Burundi or Eastern Africa?
- Burundi, at 12,938 kg/ha against 5,020 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Burundi and Eastern Africa?
- 7,918 kg/ha, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Burundi and Eastern Africa rank globally for yams — yield?
- Burundi ranks 18th and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 60 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.