Yams — Area harvested in Niue
Niue: Yams — Area harvested was 143 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Niue, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Niue stood at 143 ha.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Niue peaked at 158 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 10 ha, in 1961.
Niue ranks 46th of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Niue, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 22 ha | +120.0% |
| 1975 | 20 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 18 ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 30 ha | +66.7% |
| 1978 | 100 ha | +233.3% |
| 1979 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 107 ha | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 110 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 1989 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 158 ha | +31.7% |
| 1991 | 125 ha | -20.9% |
| 1992 | 128 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 130 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 134 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 135 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 135 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 135 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 135 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 135 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 136 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 135 ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 136 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 139 ha | +2.2% |
| 2006 | 140 ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 139 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 140 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 145 ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 144 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 144 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 143 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 142 ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 141 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 140 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 143 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 142 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 142 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 143 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10 ha | 10 ha | 10 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33 ha | 10 ha | 100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 105.2 ha | 100 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 134.8 ha | 125 ha | 158 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 137.6 ha | 135 ha | 140 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 141.8 ha | 139 ha | 145 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 142 ha | 140 ha | 143 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Niue?
- Yams — area harvested in Niue was 143 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Niue?
- The highest recorded value was 158 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Niue?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 ha in 1961.
- How does Niue rank for yams — area harvested?
- Niue ranks 46th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Niue?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niue 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.