Yams — Yield in Africa
Africa: Yams — Yield was 8,339 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 8,339 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Africa peaked at 11,676 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,484 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Africa 14th out of 20 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.
Yams — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,166 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,135 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1963 | 7,344 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1964 | 7,464 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 8,013 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 8,357 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 8,930 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 7,594 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1969 | 8,568 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1970 | 8,443 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1971 | 7,387 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1972 | 7,044 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1973 | 7,061 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 8,713 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1975 | 9,217 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 8,292 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1977 | 8,606 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1978 | 8,896 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 8,399 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1980 | 8,846 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 6,561 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1982 | 6,548 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 6,484 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1984 | 6,809 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 6,666 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1986 | 6,755 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 7,098 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 8,793 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1989 | 9,152 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1990 | 9,719 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1991 | 9,952 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 10,468 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 10,876 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 10,776 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 10,412 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 10,353 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 10,674 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1998 | 9,410 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 9,858 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 9,841 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 9,743 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 9,970 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2003 | 10,224 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 10,716 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 10,769 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 11,323 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 9,810 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2008 | 10,881 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2009 | 10,125 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 11,676 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 8,055 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 2012 | 7,882 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 7,743 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 8,546 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 8,456 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 9,142 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 9,277 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 9,728 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 8,102 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2020 | 8,157 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 8,286 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 8,453 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 8,394 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 8,339 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -31.0% | 11,676 kg/ha | 8,055 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,841 kg/ha | 7,135 kg/ha | 8,930 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,206 kg/ha | 7,044 kg/ha | 9,217 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,371 kg/ha | 6,484 kg/ha | 9,152 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,250 kg/ha | 9,410 kg/ha | 10,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,340 kg/ha | 9,743 kg/ha | 11,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,861 kg/ha | 7,743 kg/ha | 11,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,326 kg/ha | 8,157 kg/ha | 8,453 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Africa?
- Yams — yield in Africa was 8,339 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,676 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,484 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Africa rank for yams — yield?
- Africa ranks 14th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Yield. 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.