Yams — Area harvested in Grenada
Grenada: Yams — Area harvested was 18 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in Grenada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Grenada stood at 18 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 80.0% on the previous year and up 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Grenada peaked at 205 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 8 ha, in 2022.
Grenada ranks 56th of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 61 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Grenada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 175 ha | — |
| 1962 | 180 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 190 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 195 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 180 ha | -12.2% |
| 1973 | 170 ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1975 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 200 ha | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 195 ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 200 ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1982 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 180 ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 110 ha | -38.9% |
| 1987 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 130 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 137 ha | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 140 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 143 ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 150 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 156 ha | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 161 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 168 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 170 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 171 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 170 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 168 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 164 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 168 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 103 ha | -38.7% |
| 2005 | 82 ha | -20.4% |
| 2006 | 69 ha | -15.9% |
| 2007 | 58 ha | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 48 ha | -17.2% |
| 2009 | 38 ha | -20.8% |
| 2010 | 28 ha | -26.3% |
| 2011 | 20 ha | -28.6% |
| 2012 | 12 ha | -40.0% |
| 2016 | 45 ha | +275.0% |
| 2017 | 33 ha | -26.7% |
| 2018 | 34 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 42 ha | +23.5% |
| 2020 | 21 ha | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 20 ha | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 8 ha | -60.0% |
| 2023 | 10 ha | +25.0% |
| 2024 | 18 ha | +80.0% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 18 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 3% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 18 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 7% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +275.0% | 12 ha | 45 ha |
| 2024 | +80.0% | 10 ha | 18 ha |
| 2022 | -60.0% | 20 ha | 8 ha |
| 2020 | -50.0% | 42 ha | 21 ha |
| 2012 | -40.0% | 20 ha | 12 ha |
| 1986 | -38.9% | 180 ha | 110 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 189.44 ha | 175 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 189.5 ha | 170 ha | 205 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 157.5 ha | 110 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 152.6 ha | 130 ha | 171 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 106.8 ha | 38 ha | 170 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 30.57 ha | 12 ha | 45 ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 15.4 ha | 8 ha | 21 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Grenada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.9004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 307.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0888 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6333 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Grenada?
- Yams — area harvested in Grenada was 18 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 205 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 ha in 2022.
- How does Grenada rank for yams — area harvested?
- Grenada ranks 56th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Grenada 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.