Central America vs Nicaragua: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Central America
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 13,388 kg/ha against 8,587 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 4,801 kg/ha.
That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.6 times Central America's.
Across all 34 years both countries report, Nicaragua has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 14th and Nicaragua ranks 15th of 24 groups.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6,506 kg/ha | 13,193 kg/ha | 6,687 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 8,629 kg/ha | 13,271 kg/ha | 4,643 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 7,399 kg/ha | 13,345 kg/ha | 5,946 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 6,067 kg/ha | 13,382 kg/ha | 7,315 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Central America or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 13,388 kg/ha against 8,587 kg/ha in Central America as of 2023.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Central America and Nicaragua?
- 4,801 kg/ha, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Nicaragua?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
- How do Central America and Nicaragua rank globally for yams — yield?
- Central America ranks 14th and Nicaragua ranks 15th of 24 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.