Yams — Area harvested in South America
South America: Yams — Area harvested was 66,642 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in South America stood at 66,642 ha.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in South America peaked at 74,194 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 28,962 ha, in 1973.
South America ranks 10th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 32,790 ha | — |
| 1962 | 32,020 ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 33,885 ha | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 34,721 ha | +2.5% |
| 1965 | 35,023 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 35,524 ha | +1.4% |
| 1967 | 36,362 ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 36,794 ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 34,690 ha | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 32,630 ha | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 29,550 ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 30,850 ha | +4.4% |
| 1973 | 28,962 ha | -6.1% |
| 1974 | 31,331 ha | +8.2% |
| 1975 | 29,370 ha | -6.3% |
| 1976 | 33,782 ha | +15.0% |
| 1977 | 37,352 ha | +10.6% |
| 1978 | 39,049 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 37,823 ha | -3.1% |
| 1980 | 40,465 ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 39,365 ha | -2.7% |
| 1982 | 36,885 ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 42,048 ha | +14.0% |
| 1984 | 44,293 ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 45,032 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 38,270 ha | -15.0% |
| 1987 | 44,253 ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 44,927 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 49,668 ha | +10.6% |
| 1990 | 34,973 ha | -29.6% |
| 1991 | 37,091 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 36,562 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 36,042 ha | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 44,454 ha | +23.3% |
| 1995 | 41,408 ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 50,152 ha | +21.1% |
| 1997 | 43,737 ha | -12.8% |
| 1998 | 48,578 ha | +11.1% |
| 1999 | 53,540 ha | +10.2% |
| 2000 | 57,752 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 57,782 ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 58,224 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 56,767 ha | -2.5% |
| 2004 | 60,073 ha | +5.8% |
| 2005 | 58,486 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 60,975 ha | +4.3% |
| 2007 | 61,705 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 60,890 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 74,194 ha | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 72,096 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 71,723 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 64,465 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 64,149 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 60,576 ha | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 66,205 ha | +9.3% |
| 2016 | 72,476 ha | +9.5% |
| 2017 | 62,688 ha | -13.5% |
| 2018 | 59,841 ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 63,942 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 65,649 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 64,697 ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 65,415 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 67,195 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 66,642 ha | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34,645 ha | 32,020 ha | 36,794 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,070 ha | 28,962 ha | 39,049 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 42,521 ha | 36,885 ha | 49,668 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 42,654 ha | 34,973 ha | 53,540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 60,685 ha | 56,767 ha | 74,194 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,816 ha | 59,841 ha | 72,476 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,920 ha | 64,697 ha | 67,195 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 39,033 ha compare
- 10 India 39,000 ha compare
- 11 Gabon 37,055 ha compare
- 12 Colombia 35,120 ha compare
- 13 Central African Republic 34,892 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in South America?
- Yams — area harvested in South America was 66,642 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 74,194 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 28,962 ha in 1973.
- How does South America rank for yams — area harvested?
- South America ranks 10th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.