Yams — Production in Grenada
Grenada: Yams — Production was 250.84 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Production in Grenada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — production in Grenada is 250.84 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 91.5% on the previous year and down 56.3% over five years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Grenada peaked at 574.5 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2013.
Grenada ranks 53rd of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Yams — Production in Grenada, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450 t | — |
| 1962 | 460 t | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 470 t | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 480 t | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 480 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 490 t | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 495 t | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 500 t | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 510 t | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 515 t | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 520 t | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 450 t | -13.5% |
| 1973 | 426 t | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 455 t | +6.8% |
| 1975 | 460 t | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 465 t | +1.1% |
| 1977 | 511 t | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 496 t | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 506 t | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 459 t | -9.3% |
| 1981 | 482 t | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 506 t | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 456 t | -9.9% |
| 1984 | 455 t | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 400 t | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 272 t | -32.0% |
| 1987 | 284 t | +4.4% |
| 1988 | 288 t | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 296 t | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 305 t | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 308 t | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 312 t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 313 t | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 313 t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 342 t | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 347.43 t | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 358.36 t | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 363.66 t | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 364.24 t | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 360.96 t | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 354.59 t | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 345.86 t | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 351.61 t | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 214.92 t | -38.9% |
| 2005 | 170.18 t | -20.8% |
| 2006 | 142.74 t | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 120.97 t | -15.3% |
| 2008 | 99.65 t | -17.6% |
| 2009 | 79.11 t | -20.6% |
| 2010 | 59.71 t | -24.5% |
| 2011 | 41.83 t | -29.9% |
| 2012 | 25.92 t | -38.0% |
| 2013 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2014 | 0 t | — |
| 2016 | 567.2 t | — |
| 2017 | 460.9 t | -18.7% |
| 2018 | 466.6 t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 574.5 t | +23.1% |
| 2020 | 255.5 t | -55.5% |
| 2021 | 230.5 t | -9.8% |
| 2022 | 95 t | -58.8% |
| 2023 | 131 t | +37.9% |
| 2024 | 250.84 t | +91.5% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 250.84 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 9,602 t, 3% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 250.84 t is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,119 t, 12% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production in Grenada changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -100.0% | 25.92 t | 0 t |
| 2024 | +91.5% | 131 t | 250.84 t |
| 2022 | -58.8% | 230.5 t | 95 t |
| 2020 | -55.5% | 574.5 t | 255.5 t |
| 2004 | -38.9% | 351.61 t | 214.92 t |
| 2012 | -38.0% | 41.83 t | 25.92 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 481.67 t | 450 t | 510 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 480.4 t | 426 t | 520 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 389.8 t | 272 t | 506 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 332.67 t | 305 t | 364.24 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 224.06 t | 79.11 t | 360.96 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 244.07 t | 0 t | 574.5 t | 9 |
| 2020s | 192.57 t | 95 t | 255.5 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 671 t compare
- 51 Barbados 331.93 t compare
- 52 Saint Lucia 300.85 t compare
- 54 Niue 164.47 t compare
- 55 Antigua and Barbuda 146.45 t compare
- 56 Samoa 77.64 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Grenada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.9004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 307.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0888 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6333 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Grenada?
- Yams — production in Grenada was 250.84 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 574.5 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2013.
- How does Grenada rank for yams — production?
- Grenada ranks 53rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Where does this Grenada 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.