Yams — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Yams — Area harvested was 66,615 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) is 66,615 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 44.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 171,581 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 47,201 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 47,201 ha | — |
| 1962 | 48,354 ha | +2.4% |
| 1963 | 49,462 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 50,329 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 51,502 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 54,280 ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 55,382 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 56,381 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 56,204 ha | -0.3% |
| 1970 | 59,128 ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 63,150 ha | +6.8% |
| 1972 | 64,345 ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 63,990 ha | -0.6% |
| 1974 | 64,161 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 65,840 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 65,707 ha | -0.2% |
| 1977 | 68,249 ha | +3.9% |
| 1978 | 71,479 ha | +4.7% |
| 1979 | 71,465 ha | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 71,491 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 71,017 ha | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 69,990 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 72,957 ha | +4.2% |
| 1984 | 74,906 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 76,387 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 71,256 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 71,892 ha | +0.9% |
| 1988 | 70,141 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 68,130 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 73,343 ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 77,996 ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 93,840 ha | +20.3% |
| 1993 | 100,136 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 128,957 ha | +28.8% |
| 1995 | 99,630 ha | -22.7% |
| 1996 | 105,969 ha | +6.4% |
| 1997 | 88,815 ha | -16.2% |
| 1998 | 85,223 ha | -4.0% |
| 1999 | 73,863 ha | -13.3% |
| 2000 | 73,776 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 76,277 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 76,024 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 82,700 ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 86,894 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 96,973 ha | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 103,513 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 135,195 ha | +30.6% |
| 2008 | 136,248 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 158,167 ha | +16.1% |
| 2010 | 155,505 ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 139,381 ha | -10.4% |
| 2012 | 144,402 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 171,581 ha | +18.8% |
| 2014 | 120,297 ha | -29.9% |
| 2015 | 93,946 ha | -21.9% |
| 2016 | 65,813 ha | -29.9% |
| 2017 | 73,160 ha | +11.2% |
| 2018 | 76,751 ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 66,985 ha | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 81,129 ha | +21.1% |
| 2021 | 75,508 ha | -6.9% |
| 2022 | 66,214 ha | -12.3% |
| 2023 | 66,548 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 66,615 ha | +0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | -29.9% | 171,581 ha | 120,297 ha |
| 2016 | -29.9% | 93,946 ha | 65,813 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 52,122 ha | 47,201 ha | 56,381 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,751 ha | 59,128 ha | 71,479 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 71,817 ha | 68,130 ha | 76,387 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 92,777 ha | 73,343 ha | 128,957 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 102,577 ha | 73,776 ha | 158,167 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 110,782 ha | 65,813 ha | 171,581 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 71,203 ha | 66,214 ha | 81,129 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Yams — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 66,615 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 171,581 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 47,201 ha in 1961.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for yams — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 3rd out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.