Yams — Area harvested in Fiji
Fiji: Yams — Area harvested was 291 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Fiji, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Fiji recorded 291 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Fiji peaked at 3,522 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 18 ha, in 1978.
That places Fiji 49th out of 67 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,134 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,468 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 425.7 ha | 18 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 442.6 ha | 237 ha | 772 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 572.7 ha | 309 ha | 1,098 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,037 ha | 107 ha | 3,522 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 291.5 ha | 95 ha | 400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 269.2 ha | 185 ha | 343 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Fiji
- 46 Malaysia 396 ha compare
- 47 Sao Tome and Principe 392 ha compare
- 48 Tonga 352 ha compare
- 50 Guadeloupe 250 ha compare
- 51 Martinique 200 ha compare
- 52 Niue 143 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture share gdp 14.05 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.05 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 40.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 377,513 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 870.56 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 13,388 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Fiji?
- Yams — area harvested in Fiji was 291 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 3,522 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was 18 ha in 1978.
- How does Fiji rank for yams — area harvested?
- Fiji ranks 49th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji 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.