Yams — Area harvested in Philippines
Philippines: Yams — Area harvested was 2,855 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 2,855 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 14.6% on the previous year and up 9.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Philippines peaked at 8,760 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2,372 ha, in 2022.
Philippines ranks 32nd of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Philippines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,270 ha | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 6,330 ha | -23.5% |
| 1964 | 5,930 ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 5,260 ha | -11.3% |
| 1966 | 5,040 ha | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 4,960 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 4,950 ha | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 4,710 ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 4,940 ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 4,950 ha | +0.2% |
| 1972 | 4,710 ha | -4.8% |
| 1973 | 4,360 ha | -7.4% |
| 1974 | 4,610 ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 4,910 ha | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 6,310 ha | +28.5% |
| 1977 | 8,230 ha | +30.4% |
| 1978 | 8,330 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 8,760 ha | +5.2% |
| 1980 | 8,260 ha | -5.7% |
| 1981 | 8,010 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 7,950 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 7,350 ha | -7.5% |
| 1984 | 6,930 ha | -5.7% |
| 1985 | 6,260 ha | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 6,030 ha | -3.7% |
| 1987 | 6,240 ha | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 6,420 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 5,300 ha | -17.4% |
| 1990 | 4,703 ha | -11.3% |
| 1991 | 5,361 ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 5,367 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 5,605 ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 5,472 ha | -2.4% |
| 1995 | 5,446 ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 5,607 ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 5,446 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 5,121 ha | -6.0% |
| 1999 | 5,188 ha | +1.3% |
| 2000 | 5,321 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 5,015 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 5,404 ha | +7.8% |
| 2003 | 5,707 ha | +5.6% |
| 2004 | 5,806 ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 5,890 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 5,999 ha | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 5,839 ha | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 5,212 ha | -10.7% |
| 2009 | 4,929 ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 4,744 ha | -3.8% |
| 2011 | 2,974 ha | -37.3% |
| 2012 | 2,688 ha | -9.6% |
| 2013 | 2,621 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 2,616 ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,433 ha | -7.0% |
| 2016 | 2,476 ha | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 2,457 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 2,446 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,447 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,447 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,405 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 2,372 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 2,491 ha | +5.0% |
| 2024 | 2,855 ha | +14.6% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 2,855 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 4.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 2,855 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,493 ha, 1.9× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -37.3% | 4,744 ha | 2,974 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,828 ha | 4,710 ha | 8,270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,011 ha | 4,360 ha | 8,760 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,875 ha | 5,300 ha | 8,260 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,332 ha | 4,703 ha | 5,607 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,512 ha | 4,929 ha | 5,999 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,790 ha | 2,433 ha | 4,744 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,514 ha | 2,372 ha | 2,855 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Philippines?
- Yams — area harvested in Philippines was 2,855 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 8,760 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,372 ha in 2022.
- How does Philippines rank for yams — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 32nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.