Yams — Production in Panama
Panama: Yams — Production was 28,675 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Panama recorded 28,675 t for yams — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 50.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Panama peaked at 28,675 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,222 t, in 2016.
Panama ranks 28th 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 Panama, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 10,600 t | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 10,900 t | +2.8% |
| 1964 | 11,000 t | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 11,800 t | +7.3% |
| 1966 | 12,400 t | +5.1% |
| 1967 | 13,200 t | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 15,100 t | +14.4% |
| 1969 | 14,500 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 11,700 t | -19.3% |
| 1971 | 14,500 t | +23.9% |
| 1972 | 15,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 15,431 t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 15,894 t | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 16,357 t | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 16,514 t | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 16,357 t | -1.0% |
| 1978 | 16,198 t | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 16,356 t | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 19,457 t | +19.0% |
| 1981 | 20,376 t | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 21,338 t | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 21,338 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 19,358 t | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 20,271 t | +4.7% |
| 1986 | 21,228 t | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 22,230 t | +4.7% |
| 1988 | 23,280 t | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 17,644 t | -24.2% |
| 1990 | 13,517 t | -23.4% |
| 1991 | 13,646 t | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 13,775 t | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 13,906 t | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 14,038 t | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 14,172 t | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 13,989 t | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 15,371 t | +9.9% |
| 1998 | 15,523 t | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 15,493 t | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 16,343 t | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 22,564 t | +38.1% |
| 2002 | 26,119 t | +15.8% |
| 2003 | 22,746 t | -12.9% |
| 2004 | 23,847 t | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 23,758 t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 26,122 t | +10.0% |
| 2007 | 25,615 t | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 23,760 t | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 26,093 t | +9.8% |
| 2010 | 21,768 t | -16.6% |
| 2011 | 22,402 t | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 23,567 t | +5.2% |
| 2013 | 19,895 t | -15.6% |
| 2014 | 19,079 t | -4.1% |
| 2015 | 14,410 t | -24.5% |
| 2016 | 9,222 t | -36.0% |
| 2017 | 11,088 t | +20.2% |
| 2018 | 13,340 t | +20.3% |
| 2019 | 15,568 t | +16.7% |
| 2020 | 21,473 t | +37.9% |
| 2021 | 22,322 t | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 24,070 t | +7.8% |
| 2023 | 26,063 t | +8.3% |
| 2024 | 28,675 t | +10.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 28,675 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,878 t, 15.3× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Panama's 28,675 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,119 t, 13.5× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production in Panama 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 | -36.0% | 14,410 t | 9,222 t |
| 2001 | +38.1% | 16,343 t | 22,564 t |
| 2020 | +37.9% | 15,568 t | 21,473 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,222 t | 10,500 t | 15,100 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,431 t | 11,700 t | 16,514 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,652 t | 17,644 t | 23,280 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,343 t | 13,517 t | 15,523 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,697 t | 16,343 t | 26,122 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,034 t | 9,222 t | 23,567 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,521 t | 21,473 t | 28,675 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Panama?
- Yams — production in Panama was 28,675 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 28,675 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,222 t in 2016.
- How does Panama rank for yams — production?
- Panama ranks 28th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.