Colombia vs Eastern Africa: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Colombia
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 11,644 kg/ha against 5,020 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 6,624 kg/ha.
That makes Colombia's figure about 2.3 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Colombia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 22nd and Eastern Africa ranks 20th of 60 countries.
Colombia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,919 kg/ha | 4,164 kg/ha | 4,755 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1970s | 10,562 kg/ha | 4,438 kg/ha | 6,125 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1980s | 7,885 kg/ha | 4,237 kg/ha | 3,648 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 1990s | 10,317 kg/ha | 5,017 kg/ha | 5,300 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2000s | 11,138 kg/ha | 5,602 kg/ha | 5,536 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2010s | 11,066 kg/ha | 5,356 kg/ha | 5,710 kg/ha | Colombia |
| 2020s | 11,870 kg/ha | 4,879 kg/ha | 6,990 kg/ha | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Colombia or Eastern Africa?
- Colombia, at 11,644 kg/ha against 5,020 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Colombia and Eastern Africa?
- 6,624 kg/ha, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Eastern Africa rank globally for yams — yield?
- Colombia ranks 22nd 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.