Yams — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Yams — Area harvested was 2.16 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) is 2.16 million ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 32.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) peaked at 2.16 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 453,870 ha, in 1962.
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 454,702 ha | — |
| 1962 | 453,870 ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 456,809 ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 466,933 ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 479,539 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 485,815 ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 491,366 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 506,712 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 536,069 ha | +5.8% |
| 1970 | 525,631 ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 515,905 ha | -1.9% |
| 1972 | 534,945 ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 550,992 ha | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 572,910 ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 574,988 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 609,559 ha | +6.0% |
| 1977 | 625,678 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 650,053 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 664,775 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 622,555 ha | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 629,128 ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 656,511 ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 666,470 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 645,674 ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 653,298 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 675,875 ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 707,738 ha | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 720,286 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 730,863 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 759,912 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 757,076 ha | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 803,227 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 763,210 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 812,772 ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 780,516 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 823,971 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 841,660 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 928,716 ha | +10.3% |
| 1999 | 918,988 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 927,625 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 952,551 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 977,358 ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 989,540 ha | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 1.05 million ha | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 1.08 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 1.10 million ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.18 million ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 1.31 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2009 | 1.36 million ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 1.42 million ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 1.39 million ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 1.50 million ha | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 1.54 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 1.63 million ha | +6.1% |
| 2015 | 1.68 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 1.74 million ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 1.84 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2018 | 1.93 million ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 1.98 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 2.04 million ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 2.07 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 2.08 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 2.14 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2024 | 2.16 million ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 481,313 ha | 453,870 ha | 536,069 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 582,544 ha | 515,905 ha | 664,775 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 670,840 ha | 622,555 ha | 730,863 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 819,005 ha | 757,076 ha | 928,716 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.09 million ha | 927,625 ha | 1.36 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.67 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 1.98 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.10 million ha | 2.04 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
- 1 Nigeria 8.02 million ha compare
- 2 Ghana 536,529 ha compare
- 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Yams — area harvested in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) was 2.16 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 453,870 ha in 1962.
- How does Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank for yams — area harvested?
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 4th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 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.