Yams — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Yams — Area harvested was 4,039 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Panama stood at 4,039 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.4% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Panama peaked at 5,637 ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 1,400 ha, in 1961.
That places Panama 34th out of 67 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,844 ha | 1,400 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,331 ha | 1,499 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,408 ha | 2,800 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,862 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,714 ha | 2,506 ha | 5,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,055 ha | 2,789 ha | 5,637 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,830 ha | 4,039 ha | 5,540 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 31 Cuba 5,042 ha compare
- 32 Haiti 4,862 ha compare
- 33 Solomon Islands 4,435 ha compare
- 35 Congo 3,353 ha compare
- 36 Philippines 2,855 ha compare
- 37 New Caledonia 2,590 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture share gdp 2.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
- Rural population 33.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 1.55 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.37 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 387,690 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Panama?
- Yams — area harvested in Panama was 4,039 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 5,637 ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1961.
- How does Panama rank for yams — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 34th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.