Yams — Production in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Yams — Production was 824,291 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — production in Small island developing States (SIDS) stood at 824,291 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 29.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 1.43 million t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 387,177 t, in 1961.
That places Small island developing States (SIDS) 11th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 431,844 t | 387,177 t | 466,245 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 553,187 t | 494,129 t | 585,267 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 587,864 t | 543,177 t | 627,261 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 734,838 t | 651,135 t | 786,969 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 884,288 t | 724,886 t | 1.19 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million t | 767,098 t | 1.43 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 803,045 t | 765,924 t | 829,421 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
More agriculture & rural data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 53 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 275,419 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 5.22 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 4.28 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 257,039 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 592,065 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 30,372 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 22,608 ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 5.22 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Yams — production in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 824,291 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million t in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 387,177 t in 1961.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for yams — production?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 11th out of 23 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.