Yams — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Yams — Area harvested was 54 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines stood at 54 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 76.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 730 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 54 ha, in 2024.
That places Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 210 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 250 ha | +19.0% |
| 1967 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 280 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 265 ha | -5.4% |
| 1971 | 320 ha | +20.8% |
| 1972 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 331 ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 230 ha | -30.5% |
| 1975 | 170 ha | -26.1% |
| 1976 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | -16.7% |
| 1978 | 300 ha | +100.0% |
| 1979 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 430 ha | +38.7% |
| 1982 | 390 ha | -9.3% |
| 1983 | 430 ha | +10.3% |
| 1984 | 730 ha | +69.8% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | -17.8% |
| 1986 | 200 ha | -66.7% |
| 1987 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 210 ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 200 ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 163 ha | -18.5% |
| 1991 | 262 ha | +60.7% |
| 1992 | 208 ha | -20.6% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | -51.9% |
| 1994 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 85 ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 130 ha | +52.9% |
| 1997 | 120 ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 124 ha | +3.3% |
| 1999 | 110 ha | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 210 ha | +110.0% |
| 2002 | 205 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 215 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 240 ha | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 280 ha | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 250 ha | -10.7% |
| 2007 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 2008 | 255 ha | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 310 ha | +21.6% |
| 2010 | 186 ha | -40.0% |
| 2011 | 200 ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 203 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 211 ha | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 226 ha | +7.1% |
| 2015 | 215 ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 185 ha | -14.0% |
| 2017 | 190 ha | +2.7% |
| 2018 | 193 ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 174 ha | -9.8% |
| 2020 | 153 ha | -12.1% |
| 2021 | 76 ha | -50.3% |
| 2022 | 61 ha | -19.7% |
| 2023 | 59 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 54 ha | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 228.89 ha | 200 ha | 280 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 256.6 ha | 150 ha | 331 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 370 ha | 200 ha | 730 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 139.7 ha | 85 ha | 262 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 233.5 ha | 100 ha | 310 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 198.3 ha | 174 ha | 226 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 80.6 ha | 54 ha | 153 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Yams — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 54 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 730 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 54 ha in 2024.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for yams — area harvested?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 50th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.