Yams — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Yams — Area harvested was 6,630 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Mali stood at 6,630 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 80.9% on the previous year and up 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Mali peaked at 6,630 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 604 ha, in 2004.
Mali ranks 20th of 61 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.
Yams — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 3,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 3,300 ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1981 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,000 ha | +35.1% |
| 1984 | 2,800 ha | -44.0% |
| 1985 | 4,557 ha | +62.7% |
| 1986 | 4,608 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 2,669 ha | -42.1% |
| 1988 | 1,477 ha | -44.7% |
| 1989 | 1,390 ha | -5.9% |
| 1990 | 2,465 ha | +77.3% |
| 1991 | 2,964 ha | +20.2% |
| 1992 | 1,940 ha | -34.5% |
| 1993 | 4,086 ha | +110.6% |
| 1994 | 2,500 ha | -38.8% |
| 1995 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1996 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1997 | 4,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 5,215 ha | +30.4% |
| 1999 | 3,990 ha | -23.5% |
| 2000 | 790 ha | -80.2% |
| 2001 | 3,649 ha | +361.9% |
| 2002 | 3,616 ha | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 2,424 ha | -33.0% |
| 2004 | 604 ha | -75.1% |
| 2005 | 2,878 ha | +376.5% |
| 2006 | 3,110 ha | +8.1% |
| 2007 | 3,412 ha | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 3,151 ha | -7.6% |
| 2009 | 3,222 ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 3,838 ha | +19.1% |
| 2011 | 3,642 ha | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 3,901 ha | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 3,847 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 5,299 ha | +37.7% |
| 2015 | 5,128 ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 4,863 ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 4,863 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 5,267 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 4,959 ha | -5.8% |
| 2020 | 6,119 ha | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 5,536 ha | -9.5% |
| 2022 | 6,525 ha | +17.9% |
| 2023 | 3,665 ha | -43.8% |
| 2024 | 6,630 ha | +80.9% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 6,630 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 6,534 ha, 1.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Mali's 6,630 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 85% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +376.5% | 604 ha | 2,878 ha |
| 2001 | +361.9% | 790 ha | 3,649 ha |
| 1993 | +110.6% | 1,940 ha | 4,086 ha |
| 2024 | +80.9% | 3,665 ha | 6,630 ha |
| 2000 | -80.2% | 3,990 ha | 790 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,540 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,360 ha | 1,390 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,366 ha | 1,940 ha | 5,215 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,686 ha | 604 ha | 3,649 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,561 ha | 3,642 ha | 5,299 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,695 ha | 3,665 ha | 6,630 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Mali?
- Yams — area harvested in Mali was 6,630 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 6,630 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 604 ha in 2004.
- How does Mali rank for yams — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 20th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.