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 25th of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Comoros, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 600 ha | — |
| 1991 | 611 ha | +1.8% |
| 1992 | 620 ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 630 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 642 ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 650 ha | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 670 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 667 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 680 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 700 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 710 ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 720 ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 740 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 769 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 806 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 847 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 893 ha | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 2,520 ha | +182.2% |
| 2008 | 2,799 ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 3,789 ha | +35.4% |
| 2010 | 3,948 ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 4,104 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 4,254 ha | +3.7% |
| 2013 | 4,399 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 4,536 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 4,666 ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 4,796 ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 4,924 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 5,067 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 5,208 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 5,345 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 5,469 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 5,514 ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 5,518 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,545 ha | +0.5% |
Comoros compared with similar countries
- Comoros's 5,545 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 83% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Comoros's 5,545 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 71% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Comoros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +182.2% | 893 ha | 2,520 ha |
| 2009 | +35.4% | 2,799 ha | 3,789 ha |
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
More agriculture & rural data for Comoros
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3658 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 751.95 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.25 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6606 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2023)
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 25th out of 61 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.