Yams — Yield in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Yams — Yield was 25,231 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Eastern Asia stood at 25,231 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Eastern Asia peaked at 25,780 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 15,800 kg/ha, in 1993.
Eastern Asia ranks 1st of 20 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,875 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 17,143 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 19,378 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1965 | 18,947 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 18,375 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 17,778 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1968 | 17,000 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 16,727 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 16,333 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 17,339 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 18,255 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 17,871 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1974 | 17,974 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1975 | 18,484 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 17,591 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 18,846 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 19,530 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 19,817 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 16,944 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 17,425 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1982 | 18,016 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 17,117 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1984 | 19,729 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1985 | 19,976 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 18,045 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1987 | 19,472 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 16,920 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1989 | 18,565 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 21,081 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1991 | 19,220 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 18,827 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 15,800 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1994 | 20,841 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1995 | 19,770 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 19,451 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 20,984 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 20,079 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1999 | 21,746 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 22,658 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 20,798 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2002 | 20,624 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 19,989 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 22,905 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2005 | 23,326 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 22,506 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 23,079 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 22,509 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 21,152 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2010 | 22,696 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2011 | 22,090 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 22,206 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 21,742 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 22,700 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 22,448 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 20,464 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2017 | 22,280 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 22,107 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 24,222 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 24,603 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 25,748 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 23,710 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2023 | 25,780 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 25,231 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,678 kg/ha | 16,727 kg/ha | 19,378 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,204 kg/ha | 16,333 kg/ha | 19,817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,221 kg/ha | 16,920 kg/ha | 19,976 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,780 kg/ha | 15,800 kg/ha | 21,746 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,955 kg/ha | 19,989 kg/ha | 23,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,295 kg/ha | 20,464 kg/ha | 24,222 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,014 kg/ha | 23,710 kg/ha | 25,780 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.538 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.2029 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.9519 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.7992 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8516 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.8101 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.4424 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Eastern Asia?
- Yams — yield in Eastern Asia was 25,231 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,780 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,800 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for yams — yield?
- Eastern Asia ranks 1st out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.