Yams — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Yams — Area harvested was 6,566 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Asia recorded 6,566 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Eastern Asia peaked at 9,620 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3,200 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Asia 16th out of 24 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,044 ha | 3,200 ha | 5,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,171 ha | 6,000 ha | 8,730 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,214 ha | 7,690 ha | 8,920 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,929 ha | 8,680 ha | 9,620 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,546 ha | 7,900 ha | 8,880 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,303 ha | 7,120 ha | 7,640 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,673 ha | 6,350 ha | 6,930 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 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, Republic of 21,922 ha compare
- 18 Jamaica 10,772 ha compare
- 19 Senegal 7,822 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.38 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.10 million ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 62.75 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
- Sheep fat, unrendered — Production 119,255 t (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production 283.96 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Yams — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 6,566 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,620 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,200 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for yams — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 16th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.