Yams — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Yams — Area harvested was 28,734 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Caribbean stood at 28,734 ha.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 66.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 138,402 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 28,485 ha, in 2022.
That places Caribbean 14th out of 20 countries 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 Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 33,761 ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,530 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 35,357 ha | +2.4% |
| 1964 | 36,052 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 36,822 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 39,398 ha | +7.0% |
| 1967 | 40,098 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 40,440 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 39,913 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 42,855 ha | +7.4% |
| 1971 | 46,797 ha | +9.2% |
| 1972 | 48,012 ha | +2.6% |
| 1973 | 47,915 ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 48,171 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 49,640 ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 49,156 ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 51,354 ha | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 54,541 ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 54,202 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 53,851 ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 53,360 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 52,195 ha | -2.2% |
| 1983 | 54,712 ha | +4.8% |
| 1984 | 56,336 ha | +3.0% |
| 1985 | 57,697 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 52,433 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 53,315 ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 51,262 ha | -3.9% |
| 1989 | 48,926 ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 53,283 ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 57,043 ha | +7.1% |
| 1992 | 72,402 ha | +26.9% |
| 1993 | 79,864 ha | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 109,706 ha | +37.4% |
| 1995 | 80,530 ha | -26.6% |
| 1996 | 87,354 ha | +8.5% |
| 1997 | 70,195 ha | -19.6% |
| 1998 | 65,771 ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 54,323 ha | -17.4% |
| 2000 | 53,002 ha | -2.4% |
| 2001 | 54,148 ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 52,752 ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 58,570 ha | +11.0% |
| 2004 | 62,093 ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 70,694 ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 77,405 ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 106,029 ha | +37.0% |
| 2008 | 103,409 ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 127,336 ha | +23.1% |
| 2010 | 124,929 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 107,769 ha | -13.7% |
| 2012 | 112,008 ha | +3.9% |
| 2013 | 138,402 ha | +23.6% |
| 2014 | 86,278 ha | -37.7% |
| 2015 | 58,126 ha | -32.6% |
| 2016 | 30,676 ha | -47.2% |
| 2017 | 37,693 ha | +22.9% |
| 2018 | 41,190 ha | +9.3% |
| 2019 | 32,052 ha | -22.2% |
| 2020 | 45,334 ha | +41.4% |
| 2021 | 39,786 ha | -12.2% |
| 2022 | 28,485 ha | -28.4% |
| 2023 | 28,711 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 28,734 ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -47.2% | 58,126 ha | 30,676 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,375 ha | 33,761 ha | 40,440 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 49,264 ha | 42,855 ha | 54,541 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 53,409 ha | 48,926 ha | 57,697 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 73,047 ha | 53,283 ha | 109,706 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 76,544 ha | 52,752 ha | 127,336 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,912 ha | 30,676 ha | 138,402 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,210 ha | 28,485 ha | 45,334 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 11 Gabon 37,055 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 35,120 ha compare
- 13 Central African Republic 34,892 ha compare
- 14 Brazil 26,216 ha compare
- 15 Chad 25,000 ha compare
- 16 Papua New Guinea 21,947 ha compare
- 17 South Sudan 21,922 ha compare
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- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Yams — area harvested in Caribbean was 28,734 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 138,402 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,485 ha in 2022.
- How does Caribbean rank for yams — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th out of 20 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.