Yams — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Yams — Yield was 3,314 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Antigua and Barbuda stood at 3,314 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 5,460 kg/ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 2,500 kg/ha, in 1961.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 53rd of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,692 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1965 | 3,077 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1966 | 3,333 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1967 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1969 | 4,286 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 3,966 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1971 | 4,516 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1972 | 4,360 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 4,275 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 4,467 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1975 | 3,900 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1976 | 4,750 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1977 | 3,833 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1978 | 4,000 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 3,893 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1980 | 3,400 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1981 | 3,692 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1982 | 4,500 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1983 | 5,460 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1984 | 4,286 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1985 | 3,857 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1986 | 3,750 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 3,643 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1988 | 3,588 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 3,333 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1990 | 3,462 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 3,738 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 4,000 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 3,790 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1994 | 3,777 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 3,846 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 3,728 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 3,709 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 3,693 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 3,680 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 3,665 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 3,667 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 3,625 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 3,556 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 3,500 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 3,499 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 3,470 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 3,443 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 3,419 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 3,392 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 3,364 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 3,336 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 3,125 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 3,273 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 3,231 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2015 | 3,199 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 3,233 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,169 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 3,302 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 3,391 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 3,265 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 3,318 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 3,324 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 3,302 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 3,314 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 3,314 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 6,526 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 3,314 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,136 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 4,286 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,196 kg/ha | 3,833 kg/ha | 4,750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,951 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha | 5,460 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,742 kg/ha | 3,462 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,524 kg/ha | 3,392 kg/ha | 3,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,262 kg/ha | 3,125 kg/ha | 3,391 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,304 kg/ha | 3,265 kg/ha | 3,324 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Antigua and Barbuda
- 50 Ethiopia PDR 4,094 kg/ha compare
- 51 Cuba 3,587 kg/ha compare
- 52 Bhutan 3,386 kg/ha compare
- 54 Samoa 2,898 kg/ha compare
- 55 South Sudan 2,473 kg/ha compare
- 56 Sudan (former) 2,395 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Yams — yield in Antigua and Barbuda was 3,314 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 5,460 kg/ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for yams — yield?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 53rd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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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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.