Yams — Food in Caribbean
Caribbean: Yams — Food was 206 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Food in Caribbean, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — food in Caribbean is 206 1000 t, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of down 14.9% on the previous year and down 73.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food in Caribbean peaked at 762 1000 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 188 1000 t, in 2019.
That places Caribbean 9th out of 105 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 526 1000 t | 188 1000 t | 762 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 220.75 1000 t | 206 1000 t | 242 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Bananas — Area harvested 150,870 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.72 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 29,645 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 71 kg/An (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested 8,527 ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield 19,733 kg/ha (2024)
- Cabbages — Production 168,261 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 7,589 t (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 1.91 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 13,712 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food in Caribbean?
- Yams — food in Caribbean was 206 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 762 1000 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — food recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 188 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Caribbean rank for yams — food?
- Caribbean ranks 9th out of 105 countries with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.