Saint Lucia vs Western Africa: Yams — Yield
Yams — Yield over time
- Saint Lucia
- Western Africa
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 15,317 kg/ha against 8,439 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 6,878 kg/ha.
That makes Saint Lucia's figure about 1.8 times Western Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Africa ahead.
Saint Lucia ranks 12th and Western Africa ranks 13th of 61 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Saint Lucia averaged higher in 2 and Western Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saint Lucia | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,294 kg/ha | 8,497 kg/ha | 4,203 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 4,532 kg/ha | 8,890 kg/ha | 4,358 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 3,919 kg/ha | 7,754 kg/ha | 3,835 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 3,820 kg/ha | 10,591 kg/ha | 6,772 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 3,604 kg/ha | 10,546 kg/ha | 6,942 kg/ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 11,564 kg/ha | 8,989 kg/ha | 2,575 kg/ha | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 15,782 kg/ha | 8,427 kg/ha | 7,355 kg/ha | Saint Lucia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher yams — yield, Saint Lucia or Western Africa?
- Saint Lucia, at 15,317 kg/ha against 8,439 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in yams — yield between Saint Lucia and Western Africa?
- 6,878 kg/ha, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saint Lucia and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Saint Lucia and Western Africa rank globally for yams — yield?
- Saint Lucia ranks 12th 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.