Yams — Area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Yams — Area harvested was 6 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saint Kitts and Nevis recorded 6 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 20.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 155 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2016.
Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 60th of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 155 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 155 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 80 ha | -48.4% |
| 1968 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 1978 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 80 ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 75 ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 70 ha | -6.7% |
| 1991 | 60 ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 56 ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 50 ha | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 20 ha | -60.0% |
| 1995 | 30 ha | +50.0% |
| 1996 | 15 ha | -50.0% |
| 1997 | 14 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 19 ha | +35.7% |
| 1999 | 23 ha | +21.1% |
| 2000 | 2 ha | -91.3% |
| 2001 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4 ha | +100.0% |
| 2012 | 4 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5 ha | +25.0% |
| 2014 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
| 2015 | 6 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2017 | 3 ha | — |
| 2018 | 1 ha | -66.7% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 2 ha | — |
| 2021 | 4 ha | +100.0% |
| 2022 | 7 ha | +75.0% |
| 2023 | 5 ha | -28.6% |
| 2024 | 6 ha | +20.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128.89 ha | 80 ha | 155 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 81.5 ha | 80 ha | 85 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 81.5 ha | 75 ha | 85 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35.7 ha | 14 ha | 70 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2 ha | 2 ha | 2 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.1 ha | 0 ha | 6 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.8 ha | 2 ha | 7 ha | 5 |
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- 57 Bhutan 17 ha compare
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- 61 Trinidad and Tobago 1 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 325.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.681 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Yams — area harvested in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 6 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 155 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2016.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for yams — area harvested?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 60th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.