Dominica vs Western Africa: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Dominica
- Western Africa
How they compare
Dominica currently reports 14,953 kg/ha against 8,439 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 6,514 kg/ha.
That makes Dominica's figure about 1.8 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Dominica has been ahead every year.
Dominica ranks 13th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 61 countries.
Dominica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominica | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 8,497 kg/ha | 1,503 kg/ha | Dominica |
| 1970s | 10,258 kg/ha | 8,890 kg/ha | 1,368 kg/ha | Dominica |
| 1980s | 13,907 kg/ha | 7,754 kg/ha | 6,153 kg/ha | Dominica |
| 1990s | 14,754 kg/ha | 10,591 kg/ha | 4,163 kg/ha | Dominica |
| 2000s | 14,900 kg/ha | 10,546 kg/ha | 4,354 kg/ha | Dominica |
| 2010s | 14,953 kg/ha | 8,989 kg/ha | 5,963 kg/ha | Dominica |
| 2020s | 14,954 kg/ha | 8,427 kg/ha | 6,527 kg/ha | Dominica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Dominica or Western Africa?
- Dominica, at 14,953 kg/ha against 8,439 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Dominica and Western Africa?
- 6,514 kg/ha, with Dominica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominica and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Dominica and Western Africa rank globally for yams — yield?
- Dominica ranks 13th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 61 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.