Yams — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Yams — Area harvested was 5,042 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Cuba, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 5,042 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 54.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 85,868 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1,056 ha, in 2000.
That places Cuba 27th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 12,210 ha | — |
| 1993 | 24,397 ha | +99.8% |
| 1994 | 47,620 ha | +95.2% |
| 1995 | 16,227 ha | -65.9% |
| 1996 | 20,377 ha | +25.6% |
| 1997 | 2,868 ha | -85.9% |
| 1998 | 11,914 ha | +315.4% |
| 1999 | 1,480 ha | -87.6% |
| 2000 | 1,056 ha | -28.6% |
| 2001 | 3,240 ha | +206.8% |
| 2002 | 3,815 ha | +17.7% |
| 2003 | 9,296 ha | +143.7% |
| 2004 | 12,739 ha | +37.0% |
| 2005 | 18,743 ha | +47.1% |
| 2006 | 27,103 ha | +44.6% |
| 2007 | 51,061 ha | +88.4% |
| 2008 | 48,234 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 68,448 ha | +41.9% |
| 2010 | 62,593 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 50,475 ha | -19.4% |
| 2012 | 60,132 ha | +19.1% |
| 2013 | 85,868 ha | +42.8% |
| 2014 | 11,106 ha | -87.1% |
| 2015 | 10,576 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 8,808 ha | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 14,426 ha | +63.8% |
| 2018 | 15,345 ha | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 3,909 ha | -74.5% |
| 2020 | 4,965 ha | +27.0% |
| 2021 | 3,542 ha | -28.7% |
| 2022 | 4,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 2023 | 4,686 ha | +17.2% |
| 2024 | 5,042 ha | +7.6% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 5,042 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 7.6× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 5,042 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 20.7× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +315.4% | 2,868 ha | 11,914 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,137 ha | 1,480 ha | 47,620 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 24,374 ha | 1,056 ha | 68,448 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,324 ha | 3,909 ha | 85,868 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,447 ha | 3,542 ha | 5,042 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Cuba?
- Yams — area harvested in Cuba was 5,042 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 85,868 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,056 ha in 2000.
- How does Cuba rank for yams — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 27th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.