Yams — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Yams — Area harvested was 596,552 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) recorded 596,552 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 14.1% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 694,118 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 269,896 ha, in 1963.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th of 24 regions on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 284,528 ha | 269,896 ha | 304,191 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 312,392 ha | 286,066 ha | 352,473 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 373,686 ha | 352,033 ha | 390,911 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 376,152 ha | 346,336 ha | 406,848 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 397,742 ha | 373,522 ha | 431,149 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 528,348 ha | 451,752 ha | 585,098 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 626,894 ha | 596,552 ha | 694,118 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
More agriculture & rural data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.83 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 47 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.07 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 43.68 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 146,458 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 133,673 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 43.68 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Yams — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 596,552 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 694,118 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 269,896 ha in 1963.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for yams — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th out of 24 regions with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.