Yams — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Yams — Area harvested was 3,251 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia stood at 3,251 ha.
The figure is up 9.7% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 8,760 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2,433 ha, in 2015.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 19th of 24 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,828 ha | 4,710 ha | 8,270 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,011 ha | 4,360 ha | 8,760 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,875 ha | 5,300 ha | 8,260 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,332 ha | 4,703 ha | 5,607 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,512 ha | 4,929 ha | 5,999 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,790 ha | 2,433 ha | 4,744 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,129 ha | 2,963 ha | 3,251 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South-Eastern Asia
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- Tomatoes — Production 1.76 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 21,432 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 65.92 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 82,227 ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 122,544 ha (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production 159.95 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia?
- Yams — area harvested in South-Eastern Asia was 3,251 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,760 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,433 ha in 2015.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for yams — area harvested?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 19th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.