Yams — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Yams — Area harvested was 100,763 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Americas recorded 100,763 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 34.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Americas peaked at 208,923 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 67,951 ha, in 1961.
That places Americas 7th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 67,951 ha | — |
| 1962 | 68,150 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 71,042 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 72,573 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 73,645 ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 76,722 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 78,460 ha | +2.3% |
| 1968 | 79,234 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 77,003 ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 76,984 ha | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 78,257 ha | +1.7% |
| 1972 | 81,262 ha | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 79,277 ha | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 82,002 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 81,510 ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 85,438 ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 91,206 ha | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 96,090 ha | +5.4% |
| 1979 | 94,625 ha | -1.5% |
| 1980 | 97,116 ha | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 95,809 ha | -1.3% |
| 1982 | 92,080 ha | -3.9% |
| 1983 | 99,860 ha | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 103,829 ha | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 106,229 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 94,403 ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 101,368 ha | +7.4% |
| 1988 | 100,089 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 102,961 ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 93,163 ha | -9.5% |
| 1991 | 98,658 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 113,977 ha | +15.5% |
| 1993 | 120,894 ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 160,147 ha | +32.5% |
| 1995 | 127,696 ha | -20.3% |
| 1996 | 142,904 ha | +11.9% |
| 1997 | 118,478 ha | -17.1% |
| 1998 | 117,941 ha | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 112,455 ha | -4.7% |
| 2000 | 114,432 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 116,140 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 115,762 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 120,786 ha | +4.3% |
| 2004 | 128,586 ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 136,691 ha | +6.3% |
| 2006 | 145,411 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 172,384 ha | +18.5% |
| 2008 | 171,280 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 208,923 ha | +22.0% |
| 2010 | 203,365 ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 187,345 ha | -7.9% |
| 2012 | 183,465 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 208,352 ha | +13.6% |
| 2014 | 152,563 ha | -26.8% |
| 2015 | 129,819 ha | -14.9% |
| 2016 | 107,594 ha | -17.1% |
| 2017 | 105,326 ha | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 106,574 ha | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 102,446 ha | -3.9% |
| 2020 | 117,540 ha | +14.7% |
| 2021 | 110,154 ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 100,184 ha | -9.1% |
| 2023 | 102,104 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 100,763 ha | -1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73,864 ha | 67,951 ha | 79,234 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 84,665 ha | 76,984 ha | 96,090 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 99,374 ha | 92,080 ha | 106,229 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 120,631 ha | 93,163 ha | 160,147 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 143,040 ha | 114,432 ha | 208,923 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148,685 ha | 102,446 ha | 208,352 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 106,149 ha | 100,184 ha | 117,540 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 4 Togo 109,444 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.50 million ha compare
- 5 Sudan 83,215 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 31,364 ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 80,505 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,602 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 39,033 ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 530 ha compare
- 10 India 39,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Americas?
- Yams — area harvested in Americas was 100,763 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 208,923 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 67,951 ha in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for yams — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 7th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.