Yams — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Yams — Area harvested was 677,441 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 677,441 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.2% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 771,502 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 313,196 ha, in 1963.
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th of 20 groups on this measure, 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 320,403 ha | — |
| 1962 | 314,760 ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 313,196 ha | -0.5% |
| 1964 | 322,331 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 326,705 ha | +1.4% |
| 1966 | 333,455 ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 350,731 ha | +5.2% |
| 1968 | 365,199 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 352,548 ha | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 369,211 ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 357,133 ha | -3.3% |
| 1972 | 368,335 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 371,283 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 374,718 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 359,755 ha | -4.0% |
| 1976 | 382,207 ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 389,002 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 399,146 ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 407,573 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 414,727 ha | +1.8% |
| 1981 | 431,083 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 445,911 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 430,650 ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 377,783 ha | -12.3% |
| 1985 | 387,302 ha | +2.5% |
| 1986 | 408,810 ha | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 399,562 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 405,802 ha | +1.6% |
| 1989 | 397,766 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 422,426 ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 418,635 ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 428,842 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 365,797 ha | -14.7% |
| 1994 | 376,876 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 367,372 ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 391,524 ha | +6.6% |
| 1997 | 391,355 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 416,499 ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 405,198 ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 404,238 ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 413,704 ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 428,526 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 424,324 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 441,176 ha | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 441,265 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 409,920 ha | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 421,859 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 460,374 ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 469,557 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 524,507 ha | +11.7% |
| 2011 | 502,900 ha | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 587,613 ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 576,686 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 637,175 ha | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 593,883 ha | -6.8% |
| 2016 | 591,935 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 594,293 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 611,501 ha | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 648,790 ha | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 669,336 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 696,809 ha | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 691,359 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 771,502 ha | +11.6% |
| 2024 | 677,441 ha | -12.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 333,259 ha | 313,196 ha | 365,199 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 377,836 ha | 357,133 ha | 407,573 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 409,940 ha | 377,783 ha | 445,911 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 398,452 ha | 365,797 ha | 428,842 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 431,494 ha | 404,238 ha | 469,557 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 586,928 ha | 502,900 ha | 648,790 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 701,289 ha | 669,336 ha | 771,502 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- 3 Benin 209,313 ha compare
- 4 Togo 109,444 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.50 million ha compare
- 5 Sudan 83,215 ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 31,364 ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 80,505 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,602 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 39,033 ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 530 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 7.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 6.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3601 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Yams — area harvested in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 677,441 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 771,502 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 313,196 ha in 1963.
- How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for yams — area harvested?
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 6th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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.