Yams — Production in Americas
Americas: Yams — Production was 1.07 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Americas stood at 1.07 million t.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Americas peaked at 1.70 million t in 2010 and was at its lowest, 475,673 t, in 1961.
That places Americas 7th out of 20 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Production in Americas, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 475,673 t | — |
| 1962 | 493,705 t | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 510,266 t | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 526,498 t | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 526,826 t | +0.1% |
| 1966 | 556,742 t | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 562,196 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 581,976 t | +3.5% |
| 1969 | 560,160 t | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 563,649 t | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 576,804 t | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 596,328 t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 590,922 t | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 604,022 t | +2.2% |
| 1975 | 616,485 t | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 634,973 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 694,545 t | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 745,081 t | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 696,501 t | -6.5% |
| 1980 | 717,911 t | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 666,354 t | -7.2% |
| 1982 | 606,157 t | -9.0% |
| 1983 | 664,218 t | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 711,089 t | +7.1% |
| 1985 | 746,554 t | +5.0% |
| 1986 | 668,849 t | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 771,079 t | +15.3% |
| 1988 | 752,590 t | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 716,198 t | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 683,273 t | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 758,820 t | +11.1% |
| 1992 | 844,465 t | +11.3% |
| 1993 | 844,183 t | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 931,422 t | +10.3% |
| 1995 | 948,058 t | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 1.05 million t | +10.5% |
| 1997 | 931,983 t | -11.1% |
| 1998 | 938,698 t | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 1.01 million t | +7.3% |
| 2000 | 1.04 million t | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 1.09 million t | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 1.08 million t | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.12 million t | +4.2% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million t | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 1.14 million t | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 1.17 million t | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 1.27 million t | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 1.28 million t | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1.57 million t | +22.9% |
| 2010 | 1.70 million t | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 1.65 million t | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 1.57 million t | -4.8% |
| 2013 | 1.69 million t | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 1.38 million t | -18.8% |
| 2015 | 1.20 million t | -12.9% |
| 2016 | 1.05 million t | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 1.04 million t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.05 million t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 1.05 million t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1.06 million t | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 1.04 million t | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 1.06 million t | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 1.08 million t | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 1.07 million t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 532,671 t | 475,673 t | 581,976 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 631,931 t | 563,649 t | 745,081 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 702,100 t | 606,157 t | 771,079 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 893,596 t | 683,273 t | 1.05 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.19 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.57 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.34 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.70 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million t | 1.04 million t | 1.08 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 4 Togo 982,384 t compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 7.66 million t compare
- 5 India 977,000 t compare
- 5 Melanesia 479,958 t compare
- 6 Cameroon 541,648 t compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 127,840 t compare
- 7 Colombia 408,944 t compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 55,772 t compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 385,041 t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 9,375 t compare
- 9 Guinea 326,092 t compare
- 9 Polynesia 4,940 t compare
- 10 Ethiopia PDR 262,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.8368 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.7578 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.7575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -1.67 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Americas?
- Yams — production in Americas was 1.07 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 1.70 million t in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 475,673 t in 1961.
- How does Americas rank for yams — production?
- Americas ranks 7th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Production. 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.