Yams — Area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of): Yams — Area harvested was 5,266 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) is 5,266 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) peaked at 12,000 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 4,479 ha, in 2019.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,290 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,220 ha | -12.9% |
| 1963 | 8,585 ha | +18.9% |
| 1964 | 8,921 ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 9,023 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 8,924 ha | -1.1% |
| 1967 | 8,962 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 9,094 ha | +1.5% |
| 1969 | 9,390 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 8,930 ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 8,650 ha | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 9,150 ha | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 6,462 ha | -29.4% |
| 1974 | 8,131 ha | +25.8% |
| 1975 | 5,570 ha | -31.5% |
| 1976 | 6,482 ha | +16.4% |
| 1977 | 6,052 ha | -6.6% |
| 1978 | 6,549 ha | +8.2% |
| 1979 | 6,023 ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 6,065 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 5,865 ha | -3.3% |
| 1982 | 5,785 ha | -1.4% |
| 1983 | 6,148 ha | +6.3% |
| 1984 | 6,033 ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 6,467 ha | +7.2% |
| 1986 | 6,700 ha | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 6,553 ha | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 6,827 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 6,568 ha | -3.8% |
| 1990 | 6,926 ha | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 6,943 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 5,950 ha | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 6,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 8,745 ha | +45.8% |
| 1995 | 5,720 ha | -34.6% |
| 1996 | 6,942 ha | +21.4% |
| 1997 | 6,485 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 8,179 ha | +26.1% |
| 1999 | 7,875 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 9,062 ha | +15.1% |
| 2001 | 9,537 ha | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 11,286 ha | +18.3% |
| 2003 | 6,462 ha | -42.7% |
| 2004 | 7,965 ha | +23.3% |
| 2005 | 8,934 ha | +12.2% |
| 2006 | 10,149 ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 9,470 ha | -6.7% |
| 2008 | 9,142 ha | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 12,000 ha | +31.3% |
| 2010 | 9,814 ha | -18.2% |
| 2011 | 10,314 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 7,799 ha | -24.4% |
| 2013 | 5,264 ha | -32.5% |
| 2014 | 5,430 ha | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 4,916 ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 5,096 ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 5,430 ha | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 5,059 ha | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 4,479 ha | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 5,063 ha | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 4,570 ha | -9.7% |
| 2022 | 5,149 ha | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 5,255 ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 5,266 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,712 ha | 7,220 ha | 9,390 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,200 ha | 5,570 ha | 9,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,301 ha | 5,785 ha | 6,827 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,976 ha | 5,720 ha | 8,745 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,401 ha | 6,462 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,360 ha | 4,479 ha | 10,314 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,061 ha | 4,570 ha | 5,266 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- Yams — area harvested in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) was 5,266 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 12,000 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,479 ha in 2019.
- How does Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) rank for yams — area harvested?
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ranks 7th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 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.