Yams — Production in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Yams — Production was 16,064 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Production in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — production in South-Eastern Asia is 16,064 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 38,045 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 13,798 t, in 2015.
South-Eastern Asia ranks 17th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Production in South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 35,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 37,236 t | +6.4% |
| 1963 | 38,045 t | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 33,237 t | -12.6% |
| 1965 | 27,797 t | -16.4% |
| 1966 | 26,252 t | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 26,702 t | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 24,994 t | -6.4% |
| 1969 | 23,087 t | -7.6% |
| 1970 | 24,413 t | +5.7% |
| 1971 | 22,318 t | -8.6% |
| 1972 | 18,762 t | -15.9% |
| 1973 | 18,666 t | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 19,592 t | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 20,858 t | +6.5% |
| 1976 | 23,754 t | +13.9% |
| 1977 | 26,794 t | +12.8% |
| 1978 | 27,216 t | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 27,122 t | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 18,983 t | -30.0% |
| 1981 | 18,194 t | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 18,128 t | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 21,945 t | +21.1% |
| 1984 | 16,797 t | -23.5% |
| 1985 | 20,900 t | +24.4% |
| 1986 | 23,470 t | +12.3% |
| 1987 | 27,240 t | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 25,400 t | -6.8% |
| 1989 | 23,000 t | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 22,618 t | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 26,093 t | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 25,662 t | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 27,396 t | +6.8% |
| 1994 | 27,098 t | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 26,176 t | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 26,391 t | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 26,237 t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 24,199 t | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 25,000 t | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 25,611 t | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 24,287 t | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 26,238 t | +8.0% |
| 2003 | 27,884 t | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 28,526 t | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 29,256 t | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 30,074 t | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 29,265 t | -2.7% |
| 2008 | 24,185 t | -17.4% |
| 2009 | 22,567 t | -6.7% |
| 2010 | 21,892 t | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 17,844 t | -18.5% |
| 2012 | 16,429 t | -7.9% |
| 2013 | 14,770 t | -10.1% |
| 2014 | 15,245 t | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 13,798 t | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 14,166 t | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 14,376 t | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 14,465 t | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 14,038 t | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 17,505 t | +24.7% |
| 2021 | 20,495 t | +17.1% |
| 2022 | 20,347 t | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 16,371 t | -19.5% |
| 2024 | 16,064 t | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,261 t | 23,087 t | 38,045 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,950 t | 18,666 t | 27,216 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,406 t | 16,797 t | 27,240 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,687 t | 22,618 t | 27,396 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,789 t | 22,567 t | 30,074 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,702 t | 13,798 t | 21,892 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 18,156 t | 16,064 t | 20,495 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in South-Eastern Asia?
- Yams — production in South-Eastern Asia was 16,064 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 38,045 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,798 t in 2015.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for yams — production?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 17th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.