Yams — Yield in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Yams — Yield was 6,518 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Central African Republic stood at 6,518 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Central African Republic peaked at 6,800 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 4,698 kg/ha, in 1974.
Central African Republic ranks 39th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,454 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 5,909 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1964 | 5,454 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1965 | 5,000 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1966 | 5,385 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1967 | 5,200 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 5,200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,800 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 5,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,200 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 4,698 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 5,600 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1976 | 6,800 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1977 | 6,154 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1978 | 6,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 6,000 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 6,400 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 6,154 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 6,071 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 6,429 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1985 | 6,667 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 6,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,333 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 6,667 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 6,571 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 6,364 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 6,400 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 6,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 6,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6,401 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6,401 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6,401 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6,401 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 6,401 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6,402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6,402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6,402 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6,423 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 6,427 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 6,432 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 6,436 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 6,441 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 6,446 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 6,450 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 6,465 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 6,478 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 6,484 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,491 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 6,497 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 6,504 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 6,510 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,508 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 6,505 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 6,510 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 6,514 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 6,518 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 6,518 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,935 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 6,518 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 75% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,267 kg/ha | 4,800 kg/ha | 5,909 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,561 kg/ha | 4,698 kg/ha | 6,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,272 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,414 kg/ha | 6,364 kg/ha | 6,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,417 kg/ha | 6,401 kg/ha | 6,441 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,480 kg/ha | 6,446 kg/ha | 6,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,511 kg/ha | 6,505 kg/ha | 6,518 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 27.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Central African Republic?
- Yams — yield in Central African Republic was 6,518 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 6,800 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,698 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Central African Republic rank for yams — yield?
- Central African Republic ranks 39th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.