Yams — Area harvested in Haiti
Haiti: Yams — Area harvested was 4,862 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Haiti is 4,862 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.8% on the previous year and down 92.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Haiti peaked at 61,715 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4,862 ha, in 2024.
That places Haiti 28th out of 61 countries 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Haiti, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 20,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 21,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 22,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 22,500 ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 22,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 22,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 22,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 23,500 ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 24,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 24,500 ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 25,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 26,500 ha | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 27,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 27,500 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 29,000 ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 30,653 ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 33,643 ha | +9.8% |
| 1980 | 34,000 ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 35,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1984 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 36,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 32,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1987 | 32,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 31,000 ha | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 31,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 34,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 36,000 ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 38,914 ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 36,000 ha | -7.5% |
| 1994 | 42,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 44,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 46,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 48,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 35,218 ha | -26.6% |
| 1999 | 36,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 36,900 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 35,000 ha | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 33,404 ha | -4.6% |
| 2003 | 33,452 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 36,200 ha | +8.2% |
| 2005 | 40,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 2006 | 37,191 ha | -7.0% |
| 2007 | 42,000 ha | +12.9% |
| 2008 | 43,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 45,989 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 48,947 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 43,436 ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 37,493 ha | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 38,426 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 61,715 ha | +60.6% |
| 2015 | 33,194 ha | -46.2% |
| 2016 | 6,531 ha | -80.3% |
| 2017 | 7,817 ha | +19.7% |
| 2018 | 10,363 ha | +32.6% |
| 2019 | 12,049 ha | +16.3% |
| 2020 | 24,682 ha | +104.8% |
| 2021 | 19,799 ha | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 6,549 ha | -66.9% |
| 2023 | 5,706 ha | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 4,862 ha | -14.8% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 4,862 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 73% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 4,862 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 244 ha, 19.9× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | +104.8% | 12,049 ha | 24,682 ha |
| 2016 | -80.3% | 33,194 ha | 6,531 ha |
| 2022 | -66.9% | 19,799 ha | 6,549 ha |
| 2014 | +60.6% | 38,426 ha | 61,715 ha |
| 2015 | -46.2% | 61,715 ha | 33,194 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,500 ha | 20,000 ha | 22,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,130 ha | 23,500 ha | 33,643 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,850 ha | 31,000 ha | 36,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,613 ha | 34,000 ha | 48,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,314 ha | 33,404 ha | 45,989 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,997 ha | 6,531 ha | 61,715 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,320 ha | 4,862 ha | 24,682 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Haiti?
- Yams — area harvested in Haiti was 4,862 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 61,715 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,862 ha in 2024.
- How does Haiti rank for yams — area harvested?
- Haiti ranks 28th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 92.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti 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.