Yams — Production in St. Kitts and Nevis
St. Kitts and Nevis: Yams — Production was 31.35 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Production in St. Kitts and Nevis, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
St. Kitts and Nevis recorded 31.35 t for yams — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.3% on the previous year and down 47.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in St. Kitts and Nevis peaked at 430 t in 1980 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2016.
That places St. Kitts and Nevis 58th out of 60 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 386.67 t | 380 t | 400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 410 t | 400 t | 420 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 418 t | 380 t | 430 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 168.08 t | 65.81 t | 360 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 9.6 t | 5 t | 19 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 28.84 t | 0 t | 60 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 32.26 t | 15.44 t | 52 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near St. Kitts and Nevis
- 55 Samoa 77.64 t compare
- 56 Bhutan 56.44 t compare
- 57 Belize 44 t compare
- 59 French Polynesia 19.33 t compare
- 60 Trinidad and Tobago 0 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for St. Kitts and Nevis
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 325.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0156 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.681 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.29 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.29 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- Yams — production in St. Kitts and Nevis was 31.35 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 430 t in 1980.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2016.
- How does St. Kitts and Nevis rank for yams — production?
- St. Kitts and Nevis ranks 58th out of 60 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in St. Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this St. Kitts and Nevis 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.