Yams — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Yams — Area harvested was 136 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2017, yams — area harvested in Portugal stood at 136 ha.
The figure is down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 368 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 113 ha, in 1993.
That places Portugal 46th out of 60 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 236 ha | 190 ha | 314 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 282.8 ha | 210 ha | 368 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 239.7 ha | 130 ha | 319 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145.5 ha | 113 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 144.4 ha | 134 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 131.12 ha | 115 ha | 141 ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 43 Fiji, Republic of 291 ha compare
- 44 Guadeloupe 250 ha compare
- 45 Martinique 200 ha compare
- 47 Nicaragua 75 ha compare
- 48 Burundi 73 ha compare
- 49 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 54 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture share gdp 1.96 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.96 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 38.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 4.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.79 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 30,230 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Portugal?
- Yams — area harvested in Portugal was 136 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 368 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 113 ha in 1993.
- How does Portugal rank for yams — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 46th out of 60 countries with data for 2017.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Portugal 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.