Yams — Production in Polynesia
Polynesia: Yams — Production was 4,940 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — production in Polynesia is 4,940 t, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 3.3% on the previous year and down 59.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Polynesia peaked at 35,170 t in 1976 and was at its lowest, 4,940 t, in 2024.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Production in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 29,850 t | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 29,850 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 29,850 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 30,100 t | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 30,900 t | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 31,900 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 31,950 t | +0.2% |
| 1969 | 32,000 t | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 31,000 t | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 31,767 t | +2.5% |
| 1972 | 32,500 t | +2.3% |
| 1973 | 33,010 t | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 34,130 t | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 34,150 t | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 35,170 t | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 33,900 t | -3.6% |
| 1978 | 32,600 t | -3.8% |
| 1979 | 31,300 t | -4.0% |
| 1980 | 30,000 t | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 28,800 t | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 27,500 t | -4.5% |
| 1983 | 26,200 t | -4.7% |
| 1984 | 24,900 t | -5.0% |
| 1985 | 23,600 t | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 22,300 t | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 21,000 t | -5.8% |
| 1988 | 19,800 t | -5.7% |
| 1989 | 18,570 t | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 17,220 t | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 9,345 t | -45.7% |
| 1992 | 10,877 t | +16.4% |
| 1993 | 8,644 t | -20.5% |
| 1994 | 7,513 t | -13.1% |
| 1995 | 8,130 t | +8.2% |
| 1996 | 7,992 t | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 7,929 t | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 7,723 t | -2.6% |
| 1999 | 7,094 t | -8.1% |
| 2000 | 7,663 t | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 7,171 t | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 7,635 t | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 7,912 t | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 7,999 t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 8,116 t | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 7,380 t | -9.1% |
| 2007 | 7,522 t | +1.9% |
| 2008 | 7,667 t | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 7,842 t | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 9,209 t | +17.4% |
| 2011 | 9,817 t | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 11,492 t | +17.1% |
| 2013 | 12,793 t | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 12,056 t | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 11,818 t | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 11,807 t | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 9,500 t | -19.5% |
| 2018 | 8,494 t | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 5,006 t | -41.1% |
| 2020 | 5,117 t | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 5,032 t | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 5,057 t | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 5,110 t | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 4,940 t | -3.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Production in Polynesia 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 | -45.7% | 17,220 t | 9,345 t |
| 2019 | -41.1% | 8,494 t | 5,006 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,567 t | 28,700 t | 32,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,953 t | 31,000 t | 35,170 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,267 t | 18,570 t | 30,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,247 t | 7,094 t | 17,220 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,691 t | 7,171 t | 8,116 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,199 t | 5,006 t | 12,793 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,051 t | 4,940 t | 5,117 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 6 Cameroon 541,648 t compare
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- 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
- 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
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- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.2329 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Polynesia?
- Yams — production in Polynesia was 4,940 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 35,170 t in 1976.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,940 t in 2024.
- How does Polynesia rank for yams — production?
- Polynesia ranks 9th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.