Yams — Area harvested in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Yams — Area harvested was 2,590 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 2,590 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.5% on the previous year and up 48.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in New Caledonia peaked at 3,166 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 334 ha, in 1997.
That places New Caledonia 33rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,050 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1966 | 1,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 1967 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 1,250 ha | +4.2% |
| 1970 | 1,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 1972 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 1973 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,450 ha | +3.6% |
| 1975 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 1,580 ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 1,600 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 1,670 ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 1,680 ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 1,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,360 ha | -20.0% |
| 1991 | 3,166 ha | +132.8% |
| 1992 | 3,086 ha | -2.5% |
| 1993 | 2,657 ha | -13.9% |
| 1994 | 1,481 ha | -44.3% |
| 1995 | 1,750 ha | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 1,334 ha | -23.8% |
| 1997 | 334 ha | -75.0% |
| 1998 | 755 ha | +126.0% |
| 1999 | 755 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 777 ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 810 ha | +4.2% |
| 2002 | 884 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 670 ha | -24.2% |
| 2004 | 726 ha | +8.4% |
| 2005 | 1,429 ha | +96.8% |
| 2006 | 1,349 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 1,699 ha | -15.0% |
| 2010 | 1,500 ha | -11.7% |
| 2011 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,550 ha | +3.3% |
| 2013 | 1,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,749 ha | +12.8% |
| 2015 | 1,609 ha | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 2,062 ha | +28.2% |
| 2017 | 2,304 ha | +11.7% |
| 2018 | 2,159 ha | -6.3% |
| 2019 | 2,323 ha | +7.6% |
| 2020 | 2,639 ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 2,565 ha | -2.8% |
| 2022 | 2,499 ha | -2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,479 ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 2,590 ha | +4.5% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 2,590 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 90 ha, 28.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 2,590 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,493 ha, 1.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +132.8% | 1,360 ha | 3,166 ha |
| 1998 | +126.0% | 334 ha | 755 ha |
| 2005 | +96.8% | 726 ha | 1,429 ha |
| 1997 | -75.0% | 1,334 ha | 334 ha |
| 1994 | -44.3% | 2,657 ha | 1,481 ha |
| 2008 | +33.3% | 1,500 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,144 ha | 1,050 ha | 1,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,478 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,695 ha | 1,670 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,668 ha | 334 ha | 3,166 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,184 ha | 670 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,831 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,323 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,554 ha | 2,479 ha | 2,639 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in New Caledonia?
- Yams — area harvested in New Caledonia was 2,590 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,166 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 334 ha in 1997.
- How does New Caledonia rank for yams — area harvested?
- New Caledonia ranks 33rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.