Yams — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Yams — Area harvested was 136 ha in 2017. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Southern Europe is 136 ha, measured in 2017.
That represents a change of down 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 368 ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 113 ha, in 1993.
Southern Europe ranks 18th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 190 ha | — |
| 1962 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 190 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 210 ha | +10.5% |
| 1965 | 250 ha | +19.0% |
| 1966 | 305 ha | +22.0% |
| 1967 | 314 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 215 ha | -31.5% |
| 1969 | 260 ha | +20.9% |
| 1970 | 225 ha | -13.5% |
| 1971 | 210 ha | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 345 ha | +64.3% |
| 1973 | 345 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 290 ha | -15.9% |
| 1975 | 322 ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 368 ha | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 223 ha | -39.4% |
| 1978 | 240 ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 260 ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1981 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 166 ha | -38.5% |
| 1985 | 206 ha | +24.1% |
| 1986 | 130 ha | -36.9% |
| 1987 | 319 ha | +145.4% |
| 1988 | 287 ha | -10.0% |
| 1989 | 209 ha | -27.2% |
| 1990 | 193 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 151 ha | -21.8% |
| 1992 | 220 ha | +45.7% |
| 1993 | 113 ha | -48.6% |
| 1994 | 134 ha | +18.6% |
| 1995 | 129 ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 125 ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 124 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 130 ha | +4.8% |
| 1999 | 136 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 137 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 137 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 136 ha | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 134 ha | -1.5% |
| 2004 | 137 ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 139 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 150 ha | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 2008 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 149 ha | -9.7% |
| 2010 | 141 ha | -5.4% |
| 2011 | 136 ha | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 115 ha | -15.4% |
| 2013 | 118 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 132 ha | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 135 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 136 ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 136 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 236 ha | 190 ha | 314 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 282.8 ha | 210 ha | 368 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 239.7 ha | 130 ha | 319 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 145.5 ha | 113 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 144.4 ha | 134 ha | 165 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 131.12 ha | 115 ha | 141 ha | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Yams — area harvested in Southern Europe was 136 ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 368 ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 113 ha in 1993.
- How does Southern Europe rank for yams — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 18th out of 20 groups with data for 2017.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.