Yams — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Yams — Area harvested was 27 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Samoa is 27 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 67.9% on the previous year and down 98.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 3,237 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 27 ha, in 2024.
Samoa ranks 53rd of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52 ha | +30.0% |
| 1963 | 53 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 55 ha | +3.8% |
| 1965 | 58 ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 60 ha | +3.4% |
| 1967 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 63 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 63 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 70 ha | +7.7% |
| 1975 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 1982 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1983 | 100 ha | +11.1% |
| 1984 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1985 | 140 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 160 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 180 ha | +12.5% |
| 1988 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 245 ha | +22.5% |
| 1990 | 243 ha | -0.8% |
| 1991 | 250 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 300 ha | +20.0% |
| 1993 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 370 ha | +15.6% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1996 | 430 ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 470 ha | +9.3% |
| 1998 | 500 ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 530 ha | +6.0% |
| 2000 | 538 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 569 ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 550 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 622 ha | +13.1% |
| 2004 | 648 ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 674 ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 560 ha | -16.9% |
| 2007 | 570 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 590 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 630 ha | +6.8% |
| 2010 | 933 ha | +48.1% |
| 2011 | 1,081 ha | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 1,386 ha | +28.2% |
| 2013 | 1,610 ha | +16.2% |
| 2014 | 1,828 ha | +13.5% |
| 2015 | 3,237 ha | +77.1% |
| 2016 | 1,852 ha | -42.8% |
| 2017 | 1,481 ha | -20.0% |
| 2018 | 1,163 ha | -21.5% |
| 2019 | 61 ha | -94.8% |
| 2020 | 60 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 84 ha | +40.0% |
| 2024 | 27 ha | -67.9% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 27 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 667 ha, 4% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 27 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,493 ha, 2% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -94.8% | 1,163 ha | 61 ha |
| 2015 | +77.1% | 1,828 ha | 3,237 ha |
| 2024 | -67.9% | 84 ha | 27 ha |
| 2016 | -42.8% | 3,237 ha | 1,852 ha |
| 2010 | +48.1% | 630 ha | 933 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56 ha | 40 ha | 63 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 67.4 ha | 63 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 138.5 ha | 70 ha | 245 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 381.3 ha | 243 ha | 530 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 595.1 ha | 538 ha | 674 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,463 ha | 61 ha | 3,237 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58.2 ha | 27 ha | 84 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 54 ha compare
- 51 Antigua and Barbuda 44 ha compare
- 52 Guyana 40 ha compare
- 53 Barbados 27 ha compare
- 55 Saint Lucia 20 ha compare
- 56 Grenada 18 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Samoa?
- Yams — area harvested in Samoa was 27 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,237 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 ha in 2024.
- How does Samoa rank for yams — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 53rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa 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.