Yams — Area harvested in Brazil
Brazil: Yams — Area harvested was 26,216 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 26,216 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Brazil peaked at 27,000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9,500 ha, in 1961.
Brazil ranks 14th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Brazil, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 10,300 ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 10,800 ha | +4.9% |
| 1965 | 11,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1966 | 11,600 ha | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 12,400 ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 12,700 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 13,300 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 13,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1971 | 14,200 ha | +3.6% |
| 1972 | 14,700 ha | +3.5% |
| 1973 | 15,500 ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 16,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 16,500 ha | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 17,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 17,700 ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 18,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 19,400 ha | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 19,700 ha | +1.5% |
| 1981 | 20,500 ha | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 20,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 22,000 ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 26,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1986 | 22,000 ha | -15.4% |
| 1987 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 23,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 23,500 ha | +2.2% |
| 1991 | 23,726 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 23,851 ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 23,983 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 24,000 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 24,295 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 24,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 24,660 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 24,824 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 25,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 25,251 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 26,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2002 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2003 | 25,322 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 25,426 ha | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 25,621 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 26,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 27,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2008 | 26,279 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 26,141 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 25,987 ha | -0.6% |
| 2011 | 25,712 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 25,200 ha | -2.0% |
| 2013 | 25,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 25,700 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 25,767 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 25,808 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 25,862 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 25,906 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 25,940 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 26,028 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 26,154 ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 26,133 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 26,175 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 26,216 ha | +0.2% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 26,216 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 39.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 26,216 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 107.4× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,267 ha | 9,500 ha | 13,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,300 ha | 13,700 ha | 19,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,170 ha | 19,700 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 24,234 ha | 23,500 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,804 ha | 25,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,738 ha | 25,200 ha | 25,987 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,141 ha | 26,028 ha | 26,216 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 11 Gabon 37,055 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 35,120 ha compare
- 13 Central African Republic 34,892 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 28,734 ha compare
- 15 Chad 25,000 ha compare
- 16 Papua New Guinea 21,947 ha compare
- 17 South Sudan 21,922 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Brazil?
- Yams — area harvested in Brazil was 26,216 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 27,000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,500 ha in 1961.
- How does Brazil rank for yams — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 14th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.