Yams — Yield in Grenada
Grenada: Yams — Yield was 14,127 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Yield in Grenada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Grenada recorded 14,127 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.
The figure is up 7.8% on the previous year and up 571.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Grenada peaked at 14,127 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,083 kg/ha, in 2006.
That places Grenada 14th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Yield in Grenada, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,556 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1963 | 2,540 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 2,526 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 2,526 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,579 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1967 | 2,538 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 2,500 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 2,550 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 2,575 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 2,537 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 2,500 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 2,506 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 2,528 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 2,556 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1976 | 2,514 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 2,555 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 2,544 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 2,530 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 2,550 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 2,537 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 2,530 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 2,533 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 2,528 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 2,222 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 2,473 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 2,470 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 2,400 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1989 | 2,467 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 2,346 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1991 | 2,251 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 2,229 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 2,189 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,087 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 2,193 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1996 | 2,164 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 2,130 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 2,134 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 2,127 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 2,120 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 2,113 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,106 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,099 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,092 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,084 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,083 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,086 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,090 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,093 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,097 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,100 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,104 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 12,604 kg/ha | +499.1% |
| 2017 | 13,967 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 13,724 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 13,679 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 12,167 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 11,525 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 11,875 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 13,100 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2024 | 14,127 kg/ha | +7.8% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 14,127 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 14,127 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +499.1% | 2,104 kg/ha | 12,604 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,543 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,579 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,534 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 2,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,471 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha | 2,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,185 kg/ha | 2,087 kg/ha | 2,346 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,097 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha | 2,120 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,611 kg/ha | 2,097 kg/ha | 13,967 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2020s | 12,559 kg/ha | 11,525 kg/ha | 14,127 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
- 11 Benin 16,021 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Lucia 15,317 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominica 14,953 kg/ha compare
- 15 Nicaragua 13,388 kg/ha compare
- 16 Tonga 13,282 kg/ha compare
- 17 Costa Rica 13,094 kg/ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 5,113 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Grenada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.9004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 307.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0888 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6333 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Grenada?
- Yams — yield in Grenada was 14,127 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 14,127 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,083 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Grenada rank for yams — yield?
- Grenada ranks 14th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is up 571.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Grenada 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.