Middle Africa vs Tonga: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Middle Africa
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 13,282 kg/ha against 6,230 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 7,052 kg/ha.
That makes Tonga's figure about 2.1 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Tonga has been ahead every year.
Middle Africa ranks 20th and Tonga ranks 17th of 23 groups.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,242 kg/ha | 12,860 kg/ha | 7,618 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 1970s | 5,596 kg/ha | 13,535 kg/ha | 7,940 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 1980s | 6,431 kg/ha | 13,938 kg/ha | 7,507 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 1990s | 6,711 kg/ha | 14,722 kg/ha | 8,011 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 2000s | 7,297 kg/ha | 13,768 kg/ha | 6,471 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 2010s | 7,323 kg/ha | 13,444 kg/ha | 6,121 kg/ha | Tonga |
| 2020s | 6,398 kg/ha | 13,302 kg/ha | 6,904 kg/ha | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Middle Africa or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 13,282 kg/ha against 6,230 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Middle Africa and Tonga?
- 7,052 kg/ha, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Tonga?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and Tonga rank globally for yams — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 20th and Tonga ranks 17th of 23 groups.
- 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.