Yams — Production in United Republic of Tanzania
United Republic of Tanzania: Yams — Production was 9,375 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — production in United Republic of Tanzania is 9,375 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — production in United Republic of Tanzania peaked at 11,299 t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 5,000 t, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Production in United Republic of Tanzania, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 5,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 5,500 t | +10.0% |
| 1966 | 6,000 t | +9.1% |
| 1967 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 7,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1970 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 7,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 7,200 t | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 7,500 t | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 7,800 t | +4.0% |
| 1977 | 8,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 7,800 t | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 8,000 t | +2.6% |
| 1981 | 8,200 t | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 8,500 t | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 8,800 t | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 8,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,800 t | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,000 t | +2.3% |
| 1988 | 9,500 t | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 10,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 11,299 t | +13.0% |
| 1991 | 9,148 t | -19.0% |
| 1992 | 9,500 t | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 10,000 t | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 10,115 t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 10,169 t | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 10,128 t | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 10,172 t | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 9,862 t | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 9,500 t | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 9,000 t | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 8,500 t | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 7,900 t | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 7,623 t | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 7,900 t | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 7,950 t | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 8,200 t | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 8,500 t | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 8,944 t | +5.2% |
| 2009 | 9,386 t | +4.9% |
| 2010 | 9,750 t | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 9,800 t | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 10,000 t | +2.0% |
| 2013 | 10,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 10,014 t | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 9,141 t | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 9,718 t | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 9,837 t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 9,566 t | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 9,419 t | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 9,259 t | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 9,414 t | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 9,364 t | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 9,346 t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 9,375 t | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,611 t | 5,000 t | 7,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,430 t | 7,000 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,840 t | 8,000 t | 10,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,989 t | 9,148 t | 11,299 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,390 t | 7,623 t | 9,386 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,725 t | 9,141 t | 10,014 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,352 t | 9,259 t | 9,414 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — production in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Yams — production in United Republic of Tanzania was 9,375 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 11,299 t in 1990.
- What is the lowest yams — production recorded in United Republic of Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,000 t in 1961.
- How does United Republic of Tanzania rank for yams — production?
- United Republic of Tanzania ranks 8th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — production rising or falling in United Republic of Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Republic of Tanzania 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.