Yams — Production in Haiti
Haiti: Yams — Production was 21,832 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Haiti stood at 21,832 t. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 14.8% on the previous year and down 95.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Haiti peaked at 476,667 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 21,832 t, in 2024.
That places Haiti 29th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Production in Haiti, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 80,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 80,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 83,000 t | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 85,000 t | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 88,000 t | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 90,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 90,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 90,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 90,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 94,000 t | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 96,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 98,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 100,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 106,000 t | +6.0% |
| 1975 | 108,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1976 | 110,000 t | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 115,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1978 | 122,612 t | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 110,157 t | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 110,000 t | -0.1% |
| 1981 | 115,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 115,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 120,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1984 | 120,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 125,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 120,000 t | -4.0% |
| 1987 | 130,000 t | +8.3% |
| 1988 | 140,000 t | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 150,000 t | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 170,000 t | +13.3% |
| 1991 | 190,000 t | +11.8% |
| 1992 | 213,620 t | +12.4% |
| 1993 | 200,000 t | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 210,000 t | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 220,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1996 | 230,000 t | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 240,000 t | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 193,000 t | -19.6% |
| 1999 | 195,000 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 200,000 t | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 197,000 t | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 189,700 t | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 191,000 t | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 199,000 t | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 220,000 t | +10.6% |
| 2006 | 220,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 230,000 t | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 235,000 t | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 290,728 t | +23.7% |
| 2010 | 340,000 t | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 323,141 t | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 298,438 t | -7.6% |
| 2013 | 424,839 t | +42.4% |
| 2014 | 476,667 t | +12.2% |
| 2015 | 255,491 t | -46.4% |
| 2016 | 49,826 t | -80.5% |
| 2017 | 55,321 t | +11.0% |
| 2018 | 64,727 t | +17.0% |
| 2019 | 60,081 t | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 51,914 t | -13.6% |
| 2021 | 40,402 t | -22.2% |
| 2022 | 29,411 t | -27.2% |
| 2023 | 25,626 t | -12.9% |
| 2024 | 21,832 t | -14.8% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 21,832 t is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 95,797 t, 23% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 21,832 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,119 t, 10.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -80.5% | 255,491 t | 49,826 t |
| 2015 | -46.4% | 476,667 t | 255,491 t |
| 2013 | +42.4% | 298,438 t | 424,839 t |
| 2022 | -27.2% | 40,402 t | 29,411 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 86,222 t | 80,000 t | 90,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 105,977 t | 94,000 t | 122,612 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 124,500 t | 110,000 t | 150,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 206,162 t | 170,000 t | 240,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 217,243 t | 189,700 t | 290,728 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 234,853 t | 49,826 t | 476,667 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,837 t | 21,832 t | 51,914 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Haiti?
- Yams — production in Haiti was 21,832 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 476,667 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,832 t in 2024.
- How does Haiti rank for yams — production?
- Haiti ranks 29th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 95.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Haiti 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.