Yams — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Yams — Area harvested was 83,215 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Northern Africa stood at 83,215 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 84,340 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 36,900 ha, in 1973.
Northern Africa ranks 8th of 20 groups 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 Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 48,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 46,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 44,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 40,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 39,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 36,900 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 38,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 38,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 40,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 43,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 45,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 46,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 46,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 45,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 46,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 48,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 52,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 56,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 57,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 57,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 57,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 57,942 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 59,021 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 58,332 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 58,632 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 58,933 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 76,000 ha | +29.0% |
| 2013 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 81,762 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 79,254 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 80,604 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 80,972 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 81,352 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 81,709 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 84,340 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 82,467 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 82,839 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 83,215 ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,333 ha | 40,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,790 ha | 36,900 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,600 ha | 38,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,880 ha | 40,000 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,430 ha | 56,500 ha | 59,021 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 75,351 ha | 58,632 ha | 81,762 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,914 ha | 81,709 ha | 84,340 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Yams — area harvested in Northern Africa was 83,215 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 84,340 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,900 ha in 1973.
- How does Northern Africa rank for yams — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 8th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern 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.