Yams — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Yams — Area harvested was 183,799 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 183,799 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 183,799 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 85,115 ha, in 1996.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 109,898 ha | 95,600 ha | 132,708 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 143,984 ha | 137,200 ha | 159,045 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 135,621 ha | 122,500 ha | 147,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 106,416 ha | 85,115 ha | 141,606 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 112,422 ha | 100,056 ha | 122,496 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 152,806 ha | 130,058 ha | 170,736 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 176,302 ha | 170,339 ha | 183,799 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested 113,974 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 19,128 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 2.18 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.75 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 270,208 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 511,443 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 8.08 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 7.03 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Yams — area harvested in Middle Africa was 183,799 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 183,799 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 85,115 ha in 1996.
- How does Middle Africa rank for yams — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 9 regions with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.