Caribbean vs South-Eastern Asia: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 10,590 kg/ha against 4,942 kg/ha in South-Eastern Asia, a difference of 5,648 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 2.1 times South-Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Caribbean ahead.
Caribbean ranks 25th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 22nd of 67 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,510 kg/ha | 5,216 kg/ha | 1,294 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 6,719 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha | 2,759 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 6,221 kg/ha | 3,215 kg/ha | 3,006 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 6,620 kg/ha | 4,817 kg/ha | 1,802 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 7,385 kg/ha | 4,852 kg/ha | 2,532 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 8,375 kg/ha | 5,708 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 9,191 kg/ha | 5,802 kg/ha | 3,388 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Caribbean or South-Eastern Asia?
- Caribbean, at 10,590 kg/ha against 4,942 kg/ha in South-Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Caribbean and South-Eastern Asia?
- 5,648 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for yams — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 25th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 22nd of 67 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.