Yams — Area harvested in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Yams — Area harvested was 413 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Puerto Rico stood at 413 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 18.0% on the previous year and up 168.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Puerto Rico peaked at 2,751 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 154 ha, in 2014.
That places Puerto Rico 39th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,539 ha | 2,319 ha | 2,751 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,884 ha | 1,376 ha | 2,358 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,135 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,358 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 762.9 ha | 275 ha | 1,850 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 346 ha | 250 ha | 480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 303.3 ha | 154 ha | 431 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 383 ha | 350 ha | 413 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 36 Costa Rica 1,263 ha compare
- 37 Dominica 938 ha compare
- 38 Mauritania 485 ha compare
- 40 Malaysia 396 ha compare
- 41 Sao Tome and Principe 392 ha compare
- 42 Tonga 352 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Puerto Rico?
- Yams — area harvested in Puerto Rico was 413 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 2,751 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 154 ha in 2014.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for yams — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 39th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 168.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.