Fiji vs Jamaica: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Fiji
- Jamaica
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 20,000 kg/ha against 17,793 kg/ha in Jamaica, a difference of 2,207 kg/ha.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Fiji ranks 4th and Jamaica ranks 7th of 67 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 1 and Jamaica in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 774.19 kg/ha | 13,211 kg/ha | 12,437 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 3,349 kg/ha | 11,394 kg/ha | 8,045 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 9,888 kg/ha | 12,632 kg/ha | 2,745 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 7,515 kg/ha | 15,579 kg/ha | 8,064 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 5,224 kg/ha | 16,028 kg/ha | 10,805 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 15,612 kg/ha | 16,738 kg/ha | 1,126 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 19,600 kg/ha | 17,811 kg/ha | 1,789 kg/ha | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Fiji or Jamaica?
- Fiji, at 20,000 kg/ha against 17,793 kg/ha in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Fiji and Jamaica?
- 2,207 kg/ha, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Jamaica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Jamaica rank globally for yams — yield?
- Fiji ranks 4th and Jamaica ranks 7th of 67 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.