Yams — Area harvested in Liberia
Liberia: Yams — Area harvested was 2,401 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 2,401 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Liberia peaked at 2,500 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1,350 ha, in 1961.
Liberia ranks 38th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,350 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,350 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,505 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,880 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,207 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,411 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,377 ha | 2,302 ha | 2,450 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,391 ha | 2,249 ha | 2,500 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,377 ha | 2,277 ha | 2,410 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
- 35 Congo 3,353 ha compare
- 36 Philippines 2,855 ha compare
- 37 New Caledonia 2,590 ha compare
- 40 Kenya 1,392 ha compare
- 41 Costa Rica 1,263 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture share gdp 32.65 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.65 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
- Rural population 43.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 2.52 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.71 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 142,551 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Liberia?
- Yams — area harvested in Liberia was 2,401 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,350 ha in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for yams — area harvested?
- Liberia ranks 38th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.