Yams — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Yams — Area harvested was 4,435 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Solomon Islands recorded 4,435 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 4,456 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,700 ha, in 1961.
That places Solomon Islands 33rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,744 ha | 1,700 ha | 1,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,080 ha | 1,900 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,790 ha | 2,400 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,093 ha | 2,862 ha | 3,282 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,660 ha | 3,300 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,229 ha | 4,000 ha | 4,381 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,422 ha | 4,386 ha | 4,456 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture share gdp 29.73 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 29.73 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
- Rural population 68.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.4% (2025)
- Rural population 576,071 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 470.85 million current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 320.13 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Yams — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 4,435 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 4,456 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for yams — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 33rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.