Yams — Area harvested in India
India: Yams — Area harvested was 39,000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in India, 2014–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
India recorded 39,000 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 680.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in India peaked at 42,000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 5,000 ha, in 2014.
India ranks 10th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 2015 | 24,000 ha | +380.0% |
| 2016 | 27,775 ha | +15.7% |
| 2017 | 28,837 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 30,385 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 32,568 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 31,273 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 38,384 ha | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 42,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 39,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 39,000 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 5.8× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 24,761 ha | 5,000 ha | 32,568 ha | 6 |
| 2020s | 37,931 ha | 31,273 ha | 42,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 39,033 ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 530 ha compare
- 11 Gabon 37,055 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 35,120 ha compare
- 13 Central African Republic 34,892 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in India?
- Yams — area harvested in India was 39,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 42,000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 ha in 2014.
- How does India rank for yams — area harvested?
- India ranks 10th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 680.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.