Central America vs Saint Lucia: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Central America
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 15,317 kg/ha against 8,587 kg/ha in Central America, a difference of 6,730 kg/ha.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.8 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 14th and Saint Lucia ranks 12th of 24 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 5 and Saint Lucia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,659 kg/ha | 4,294 kg/ha | 2,365 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 6,690 kg/ha | 4,532 kg/ha | 2,158 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 6,207 kg/ha | 3,919 kg/ha | 2,288 kg/ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 6,506 kg/ha | 3,820 kg/ha | 2,686 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 8,629 kg/ha | 3,604 kg/ha | 5,024 kg/ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 7,399 kg/ha | 11,564 kg/ha | 4,165 kg/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 6,571 kg/ha | 15,782 kg/ha | 9,210 kg/ha | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Central America or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 15,317 kg/ha against 8,587 kg/ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Central America and Saint Lucia?
- 6,730 kg/ha, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Saint Lucia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Saint Lucia rank globally for yams — yield?
- Central America ranks 14th and Saint Lucia ranks 12th of 24 regions.
- 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.