Oceania vs Polynesia: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Oceania
- Polynesia
How they compare
Oceania currently reports 15,203 kg/ha against 9,318 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 5,885 kg/ha.
That makes Oceania's figure about 1.6 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Oceania ahead.
Oceania ranks 6th and Polynesia ranks 6th of 20 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Oceania averaged higher in 6 and Polynesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Oceania | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,842 kg/ha | 12,871 kg/ha | 29.78 kg/ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 13,567 kg/ha | 13,428 kg/ha | 139.01 kg/ha | Oceania |
| 1980s | 13,992 kg/ha | 12,766 kg/ha | 1,226 kg/ha | Oceania |
| 1990s | 13,908 kg/ha | 8,692 kg/ha | 5,217 kg/ha | Oceania |
| 2000s | 13,882 kg/ha | 7,123 kg/ha | 6,760 kg/ha | Oceania |
| 2010s | 14,519 kg/ha | 5,710 kg/ha | 8,809 kg/ha | Oceania |
| 2020s | 15,034 kg/ha | 8,883 kg/ha | 6,151 kg/ha | Oceania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Oceania or Polynesia?
- Oceania, at 15,203 kg/ha against 9,318 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Oceania and Polynesia?
- 5,885 kg/ha, with Oceania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Oceania and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Oceania and Polynesia rank globally for yams — yield?
- Oceania ranks 6th and Polynesia ranks 6th of 20 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.