Yams — Food in Cuba
Cuba: Yams — Food was 19 1000 t in 2019. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Food in Cuba, 2010–2019
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — food in Cuba is 19 1000 t, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.
That represents a change of down 75.9% on the previous year and down 94.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food in Cuba peaked at 367 1000 t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 19 1000 t, in 2019.
That places Cuba 24th out of 112 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Food in Cuba, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 367 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 325 1000 t | -11.4% |
| 2012 | 340 1000 t | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 351 1000 t | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 57 1000 t | -83.8% |
| 2015 | 54 1000 t | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 45 1000 t | -16.7% |
| 2017 | 74 1000 t | +64.4% |
| 2018 | 79 1000 t | +6.8% |
| 2019 | 19 1000 t | -75.9% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 19 1000 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5 1000 t, 38.0× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 22 Dominican Republic 32 1000 t compare
- 23 Comoros 25 1000 t compare
- 24 Liberia 19 1000 t compare
- 26 Congo 15 1000 t compare
- 27 Panama 14 1000 t compare
- 27 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14 1000 t compare
- 27 United Kingdom 14 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food in Cuba?
- Yams — food in Cuba was 19 1000 t in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 367 1000 t in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — food recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 19 1000 t in 2019.
- How does Cuba rank for yams — food?
- Cuba ranks 24th out of 112 countries with data for 2019.
- Is yams — food rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 94.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.