Yams — Area harvested in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Yams — Area harvested was 39,017 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Southern Asia, 2013–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Southern Asia is 39,017 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 675.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Southern Asia peaked at 42,017 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 27 ha, in 2013.
Southern Asia ranks 12th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 27 ha | — |
| 2014 | 5,030 ha | +18529.6% |
| 2015 | 24,015 ha | +377.4% |
| 2016 | 27,793 ha | +15.7% |
| 2017 | 28,855 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 30,402 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 32,586 ha | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 31,290 ha | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 38,400 ha | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 42,017 ha | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 39,017 ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 39,017 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 21,244 ha | 27 ha | 32,586 ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 37,948 ha | 31,290 ha | 42,017 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Southern Asia?
- Yams — area harvested in Southern Asia was 39,017 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 42,017 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 27 ha in 2013.
- How does Southern Asia rank for yams — area harvested?
- Southern Asia ranks 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 675.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern 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.