Yams — Area harvested in Sudan (former)
Sudan (former): Yams — Area harvested was 58,933 ha in 2011. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Sudan (former), 1961–2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sudan (former) recorded 58,933 ha for yams — area harvested in 2011.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Sudan (former) peaked at 59,021 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 36,900 ha, in 1973.
That places Sudan (former) 8th out of 61 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 51 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Sudan (former), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 40,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 48,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1968 | 46,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 1969 | 44,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 40,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1971 | 39,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 36,900 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 38,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 39,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 39,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 40,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1982 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 40,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 38,000 ha | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 40,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 41,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 40,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 43,000 ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 45,000 ha | +4.7% |
| 1990 | 40,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 46,000 ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 46,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 45,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 46,000 ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 48,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 52,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 54,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 55,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 56,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 56,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2001 | 57,000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 57,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 57,500 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 57,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 57,942 ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 59,021 ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 58,332 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 58,632 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 58,933 ha | +0.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Sudan (former) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +25.0% | 40,000 ha | 50,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,333 ha | 40,000 ha | 50,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 38,790 ha | 36,900 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 40,600 ha | 38,000 ha | 45,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,880 ha | 40,000 ha | 56,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 57,430 ha | 56,500 ha | 59,021 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 58,782 ha | 58,632 ha | 58,933 ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Sudan (former)
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.50 million ha compare
- 5 Sudan 83,215 ha
- 5 Melanesia 31,364 ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 80,505 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,602 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 39,033 ha compare
- 9 Polynesia 530 ha compare
- 10 India 39,000 ha
- 11 Gabon 37,055 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Sudan (former)?
- Yams — area harvested in Sudan (former) was 58,933 ha in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The highest recorded value was 59,021 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Sudan (former)?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,900 ha in 1973.
- How does Sudan (former) rank for yams — area harvested?
- Sudan (former) ranks 8th out of 61 countries with data for 2011.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan (former)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan (former) 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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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.