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 43rd 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 Fiji, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,012 ha | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 1,012 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,012 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,012 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,012 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,214 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 1,468 ha | +20.9% |
| 1969 | 1,468 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | -18.3% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 800 ha | -20.0% |
| 1973 | 400 ha | -50.0% |
| 1974 | 108 ha | -73.0% |
| 1975 | 160 ha | +48.1% |
| 1976 | 263 ha | +64.4% |
| 1977 | 265 ha | +0.8% |
| 1978 | 18 ha | -93.2% |
| 1979 | 43 ha | +138.9% |
| 1980 | 250 ha | +481.4% |
| 1981 | 247 ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 255 ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 395 ha | +54.9% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +51.9% |
| 1985 | 700 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 556 ha | -20.6% |
| 1987 | 237 ha | -57.4% |
| 1988 | 414 ha | +74.7% |
| 1989 | 772 ha | +86.5% |
| 1990 | 1,098 ha | +42.2% |
| 1991 | 587 ha | -46.5% |
| 1992 | 750 ha | +27.8% |
| 1993 | 344 ha | -54.1% |
| 1994 | 887 ha | +157.8% |
| 1995 | 502 ha | -43.4% |
| 1996 | 428 ha | -14.7% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 322 ha | -35.6% |
| 1999 | 309 ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 397 ha | +28.5% |
| 2001 | 476 ha | +19.9% |
| 2002 | 600 ha | +26.1% |
| 2003 | 702 ha | +17.0% |
| 2004 | 1,457 ha | +107.5% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | -31.4% |
| 2006 | 872 ha | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 1,236 ha | +41.7% |
| 2008 | 3,522 ha | +185.0% |
| 2009 | 107 ha | -97.0% |
| 2010 | 95 ha | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 400 ha | +321.1% |
| 2012 | 350 ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 320 ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 380 ha | +18.8% |
| 2015 | 360 ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 210 ha | -41.7% |
| 2017 | 300 ha | +42.9% |
| 2018 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 180 ha | -43.8% |
| 2020 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 343 ha | +85.4% |
| 2022 | 242 ha | -29.4% |
| 2023 | 285 ha | +17.8% |
| 2024 | 291 ha | +2.1% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's 291 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 44% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Fiji's 291 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,493 ha, 19% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +481.4% | 43 ha | 250 ha |
| 2011 | +321.1% | 95 ha | 400 ha |
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
- 40 Malaysia 396 ha compare
- 41 Sao Tome and Principe 392 ha compare
- 42 Tonga 352 ha compare
- 44 Guadeloupe 250 ha compare
- 45 Martinique 200 ha compare
- 46 Niue 143 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Fiji
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1405 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 932.92 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6777 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4046 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (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 43rd out of 61 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.