Yams — Production in Guyana
Guyana: Yams — Production was 1,779 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Guyana, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Guyana stood at 1,779 t.
The figure is up 10.3% on the previous year and up 46.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Guyana peaked at 4,107 t in 2001 and was at its lowest, 258 t, in 2011.
Guyana ranks 53rd of 67 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,657 t | 2,500 t | 2,800 t | 3 |
| 2000s | 2,043 t | 1,064 t | 4,107 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,262 t | 258 t | 2,722 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,646 t | 1,579 t | 1,779 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 50 Sao Tome and Principe 2,274 t compare
- 51 New Caledonia 1,977 t compare
- 52 Martinique 1,800 t compare
- 54 Nicaragua 1,000 t compare
- 55 Burundi 944.62 t compare
- 56 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 671 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture share gdp 7.73 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.73 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
- Rural population 73.5% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 614,522 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.10 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 21,136 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Guyana?
- Yams — production in Guyana was 1,779 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 4,107 t in 2001.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 258 t in 2011.
- How does Guyana rank for yams — production?
- Guyana ranks 53rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.