Yams — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Yams — Area harvested was 40 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Guyana, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 40 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 90.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 430 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 19 ha, in 2016.
That places Guyana 52nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 260 ha | — |
| 1998 | 281 ha | +8.1% |
| 1999 | 300 ha | +6.8% |
| 2000 | 400 ha | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 430 ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 260 ha | -39.5% |
| 2003 | 210 ha | -19.2% |
| 2004 | 180 ha | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 160 ha | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 2007 | 130 ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 128 ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 137 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 127 ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 45 ha | -64.6% |
| 2012 | 50 ha | +11.1% |
| 2013 | 150 ha | +200.0% |
| 2014 | 21 ha | -86.0% |
| 2015 | 47 ha | +123.8% |
| 2016 | 19 ha | -59.6% |
| 2017 | 26 ha | +36.8% |
| 2018 | 77 ha | +196.2% |
| 2019 | 19 ha | -75.3% |
| 2020 | 41 ha | +115.8% |
| 2021 | 46 ha | +12.2% |
| 2022 | 35 ha | -23.9% |
| 2023 | 41 ha | +17.1% |
| 2024 | 40 ha | -2.4% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 40 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 90 ha, 44% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 40 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 16% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +200.0% | 50 ha | 150 ha |
| 2018 | +196.2% | 26 ha | 77 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 280.33 ha | 260 ha | 300 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 217.5 ha | 128 ha | 430 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58.1 ha | 19 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40.6 ha | 35 ha | 46 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 49 Burundi 73 ha compare
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 54 ha compare
- 51 Antigua and Barbuda 44 ha compare
- 53 Barbados 27 ha compare
- 53 Samoa 27 ha compare
- 55 Saint Lucia 20 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Guyana?
- Yams — area harvested in Guyana was 40 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 430 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 ha in 2016.
- How does Guyana rank for yams — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 52nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.