Yams — Production in Liberia
Liberia: Yams — Production was 20,885 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 20,885 t for yams — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Liberia peaked at 21,533 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 13,000 t, in 1961.
Liberia ranks 30th of 61 countries 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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 13,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 13,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 13,000 t | -3.7% |
| 1973 | 13,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 14,500 t | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 14,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 15,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 15,200 t | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 15,300 t | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 15,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 15,500 t | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 15,500 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 16,000 t | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 17,000 t | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 17,500 t | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 18,000 t | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 15,000 t | -16.7% |
| 1991 | 16,144 t | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 17,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1993 | 18,392 t | +8.2% |
| 1994 | 20,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1995 | 20,372 t | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 20,895 t | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 20,669 t | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 20,679 t | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 20,598 t | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 20,457 t | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 20,368 t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 20,500 t | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 20,494 t | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 20,665 t | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 20,900 t | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 21,000 t | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 21,300 t | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 20,500 t | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 19,875 t | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 19,500 t | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 21,000 t | +7.7% |
| 2012 | 21,500 t | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 21,500 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 21,533 t | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 21,178 t | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 20,837 t | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 20,540 t | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 20,265 t | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 20,020 t | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 19,796 t | -1.1% |
| 2021 | 20,969 t | +5.9% |
| 2022 | 20,850 t | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 20,868 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 20,885 t | +0.1% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 20,885 t is below the median for low income countries, which is 60,733 t, 34% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 20,885 t is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 116,158 t, 18% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,000 t | 13,000 t | 13,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,280 t | 13,000 t | 15,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,150 t | 15,500 t | 18,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,975 t | 15,000 t | 20,895 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,606 t | 19,875 t | 21,300 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,787 t | 19,500 t | 21,533 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,674 t | 19,796 t | 20,969 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Liberia?
- Yams — production in Liberia was 20,885 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 21,533 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,000 t in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for yams — production?
- Liberia ranks 30th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.