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 15th out of 67 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Bananas — Area harvested 150,870 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.72 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 29,645 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 71 kg/An (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 8,527 ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield 19,733 kg/ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 168,261 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 7,589 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 1.91 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 13,712 t (2024)
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 15th out of 67 groups 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.