Jamaica vs South America: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Jamaica
- South America
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 17,793 kg/ha against 10,852 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 6,941 kg/ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.6 times South America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Jamaica ranks 7th and South America ranks 7th of 61 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,211 kg/ha | 7,996 kg/ha | 5,215 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 11,394 kg/ha | 8,595 kg/ha | 2,799 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 12,632 kg/ha | 8,232 kg/ha | 4,401 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 15,579 kg/ha | 9,172 kg/ha | 6,407 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 16,028 kg/ha | 9,956 kg/ha | 6,072 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 16,738 kg/ha | 10,374 kg/ha | 6,365 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 17,811 kg/ha | 10,948 kg/ha | 6,863 kg/ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Jamaica or South America?
- Jamaica, at 17,793 kg/ha against 10,852 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Jamaica and South America?
- 6,941 kg/ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and South America rank globally for yams — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 7th and South America ranks 7th 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.