Yams — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Yams — Area harvested was 1,513 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Republic of Tanzania recorded 1,513 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 1,835 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1978 | 1,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,200 ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 1,300 ha | +8.3% |
| 1981 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 1,650 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 1,700 ha | +3.0% |
| 1989 | 1,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,612 ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 1,679 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 1,736 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 1,820 ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 1,833 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 1,835 ha | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,821 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 1,833 ha | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,737 ha | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 1,650 ha | -5.0% |
| 2000 | 1,600 ha | -3.0% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 2002 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 2003 | 1,350 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 1,400 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 1,395 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 1,450 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 1,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 1,568 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 1,656 ha | +5.6% |
| 2010 | 1,800 ha | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 1,630 ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 1,500 ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,534 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 1,425 ha | -7.1% |
| 2016 | 1,487 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 1,485 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,502 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1,526 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,508 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 1,512 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,516 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,512 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,513 ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 811.11 ha | 700 ha | 1,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,110 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,565 ha | 1,300 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,756 ha | 1,612 ha | 1,835 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,482 ha | 1,350 ha | 1,656 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,539 ha | 1,425 ha | 1,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,512 ha | 1,508 ha | 1,516 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Yams — area harvested in United Republic of Tanzania was 1,513 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1,835 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1961.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for yams — area harvested?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 8th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.