Cassava, fresh — Yield in Samoa
Samoa: Cassava, fresh — Yield was 12,401 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cassava, fresh — yield in Samoa is 12,401 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava, fresh — yield in Samoa peaked at 18,750 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 10,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Samoa 41st out of 93 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cassava, fresh — Yield in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,667 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1963 | 13,200 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1964 | 12,667 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 12,500 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 18,750 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,500 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 10,667 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1979 | 10,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 10,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 11,333 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 11,667 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 12,000 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 12,333 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 12,667 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 15,000 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1987 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 15,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 13,158 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 13,600 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 12,284 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1992 | 12,299 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 12,313 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 12,328 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 12,342 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 12,357 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 12,437 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 12,490 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 12,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2000 | 12,492 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 12,490 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 12,488 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 12,485 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 12,475 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 12,445 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 12,400 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 12,333 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 12,500 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 12,586 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 13,667 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2011 | 12,497 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2012 | 11,714 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 11,857 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 12,256 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 12,375 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 12,417 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 12,411 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 12,395 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 12,399 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 12,404 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 12,399 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 12,401 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 12,402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 12,401 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 12,401 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 12,401 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 12,401 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 16,191 kg/ha, 77% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cassava, fresh — Yield in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +50.0% | 12,500 kg/ha | 18,750 kg/ha |
| 1976 | -33.3% | 18,750 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,004 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 18,750 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,883 kg/ha | 10,667 kg/ha | 18,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,882 kg/ha | 10,667 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,495 kg/ha | 12,284 kg/ha | 13,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,469 kg/ha | 12,333 kg/ha | 12,586 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,399 kg/ha | 11,714 kg/ha | 13,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,401 kg/ha | 12,399 kg/ha | 12,404 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava, fresh — yield in Samoa?
- Cassava, fresh — yield in Samoa was 12,401 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 18,750 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest cassava, fresh — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Samoa rank for cassava, fresh — yield?
- Samoa ranks 41st out of 93 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cassava, fresh — yield rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava, fresh — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.