Yams — Area harvested in Comoros
Comoros: Yams — Area harvested was 5,545 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Comoros, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Comoros is 5,545 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Comoros peaked at 5,545 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 600 ha, in 1990.
Comoros ranks 28th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 647 ha | 600 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,459 ha | 710 ha | 3,789 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,590 ha | 3,948 ha | 5,208 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,478 ha | 5,345 ha | 5,545 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Comoros
- 25 Dominican Republic 6,539 ha compare
- 26 Rwanda 6,439 ha compare
- 27 Burkina Faso 5,704 ha compare
- 29 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 30 Ethiopia 5,060 ha compare
- 31 Cuba 5,042 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture share gdp 36.58 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 36.58 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
- Rural population 66.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.2% (2025)
- Rural population 583,195 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 663.86 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 80,029 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Comoros?
- Yams — area harvested in Comoros was 5,545 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 5,545 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 600 ha in 1990.
- How does Comoros rank for yams — area harvested?
- Comoros ranks 28th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Comoros 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.