Yams — Production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs): Yams — Production was 565,556 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) recorded 565,556 t for yams — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 11.6% on the previous year and up 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) peaked at 565,556 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 246,230 t, in 1961.
Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 10th of 20 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 246,230 t | — |
| 1962 | 268,630 t | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 280,500 t | +4.4% |
| 1964 | 270,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1965 | 251,250 t | -6.9% |
| 1966 | 296,500 t | +18.0% |
| 1967 | 294,000 t | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 298,921 t | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 291,560 t | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 298,933 t | +2.5% |
| 1971 | 305,602 t | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 311,555 t | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 310,570 t | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 314,828 t | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 337,149 t | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 377,622 t | +12.0% |
| 1977 | 378,591 t | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 388,396 t | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 388,723 t | +0.1% |
| 1980 | 409,982 t | +5.5% |
| 1981 | 439,446 t | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 455,504 t | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 479,385 t | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 495,599 t | +3.4% |
| 1985 | 529,067 t | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 516,859 t | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 489,034 t | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 520,682 t | +6.5% |
| 1989 | 477,770 t | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 527,815 t | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 271,255 t | -48.6% |
| 1992 | 247,988 t | -8.6% |
| 1993 | 289,018 t | +16.5% |
| 1994 | 272,821 t | -5.6% |
| 1995 | 302,993 t | +11.1% |
| 1996 | 291,226 t | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 282,272 t | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 292,380 t | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 323,587 t | +10.7% |
| 2000 | 300,026 t | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 338,423 t | +12.8% |
| 2002 | 304,947 t | -9.9% |
| 2003 | 299,495 t | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 336,126 t | +12.2% |
| 2005 | 303,089 t | -9.8% |
| 2006 | 339,260 t | +11.9% |
| 2007 | 345,505 t | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 352,180 t | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 389,244 t | +10.5% |
| 2010 | 436,656 t | +12.2% |
| 2011 | 429,329 t | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 508,273 t | +18.4% |
| 2013 | 547,956 t | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 481,556 t | -12.1% |
| 2015 | 516,391 t | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 552,964 t | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 508,530 t | -8.0% |
| 2018 | 507,987 t | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 501,884 t | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 556,367 t | +10.9% |
| 2021 | 562,004 t | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 550,496 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 506,915 t | -7.9% |
| 2024 | 565,556 t | +11.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -48.6% | 527,815 t | 271,255 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 277,510 t | 246,230 t | 298,921 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 341,197 t | 298,933 t | 388,723 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 481,333 t | 409,982 t | 529,067 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 310,136 t | 247,988 t | 527,815 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 330,830 t | 299,495 t | 389,244 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 499,153 t | 429,329 t | 552,964 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 548,268 t | 506,915 t | 565,556 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)
- 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
- 11 Brazil 256,678 t compare
- 12 Chad 240,000 t compare
- 12 Caribbean 304,309 t compare
- 13 Gabon 229,932 t compare
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- Chickens — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.3266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate 1.91 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle — Stocks, annual growth rate 3.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -1.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Yams — production in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) was 565,556 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 565,556 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 246,230 t in 1961.
- How does Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) rank for yams — production?
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) ranks 10th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 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.