Yams — Area harvested in Togo
Togo: Yams — Area harvested was 109,444 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Togo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Togo recorded 109,444 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Togo peaked at 109,444 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 30,000 ha, in 1961.
That places Togo 4th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Togo, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 30,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 38,400 ha | +28.0% |
| 1973 | 39,200 ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 39,385 ha | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 39,570 ha | +0.5% |
| 1976 | 44,700 ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 48,800 ha | +9.2% |
| 1978 | 48,500 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 54,100 ha | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 55,900 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 58,300 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 69,000 ha | +18.4% |
| 1983 | 55,800 ha | -19.1% |
| 1984 | 32,300 ha | -42.1% |
| 1985 | 33,500 ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 41,300 ha | +23.3% |
| 1987 | 41,773 ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 37,400 ha | -10.5% |
| 1989 | 38,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 43,214 ha | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 41,700 ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 44,200 ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 51,300 ha | +16.1% |
| 1994 | 49,305 ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 61,805 ha | +25.4% |
| 1996 | 69,334 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 62,170 ha | -10.3% |
| 1998 | 70,227 ha | +13.0% |
| 1999 | 60,941 ha | -13.2% |
| 2000 | 51,220 ha | -16.0% |
| 2001 | 54,048 ha | +5.5% |
| 2002 | 54,066 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 57,967 ha | +7.2% |
| 2004 | 58,010 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 57,670 ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 60,246 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 58,467 ha | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 62,775 ha | +7.4% |
| 2009 | 69,178 ha | +10.2% |
| 2010 | 71,529 ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 71,226 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 106,279 ha | +49.2% |
| 2013 | 67,241 ha | -36.7% |
| 2014 | 100,677 ha | +49.7% |
| 2015 | 86,564 ha | -14.0% |
| 2016 | 91,065 ha | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 90,643 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 93,853 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 97,694 ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 104,141 ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 106,277 ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 108,871 ha | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 108,528 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 109,444 ha | +0.8% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 109,444 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6,684 ha, 16.4× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Togo's 109,444 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 14.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Area harvested in Togo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +49.7% | 67,241 ha | 100,677 ha |
| 2012 | +49.2% | 71,226 ha | 106,279 ha |
| 1984 | -42.1% | 55,800 ha | 32,300 ha |
| 2013 | -36.7% | 106,279 ha | 67,241 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 41,266 ha | 30,000 ha | 54,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 46,367 ha | 32,300 ha | 69,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,420 ha | 41,700 ha | 70,227 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,365 ha | 51,220 ha | 69,178 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 87,677 ha | 67,241 ha | 106,279 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 107,452 ha | 104,141 ha | 109,444 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Togo
- 1 Nigeria 8.02 million ha compare
- 2 Ghana 536,529 ha compare
- 3 Benin 209,313 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.50 million ha compare
- 5 Sudan 83,215 ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2033 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5561 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Togo?
- Yams — area harvested in Togo was 109,444 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 109,444 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Togo rank for yams — area harvested?
- Togo ranks 4th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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.