Yams — Yield in Guyana
Guyana: Yams — Yield was 43,937 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Yield in Guyana, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Guyana stood at 43,937 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 10.5% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Guyana peaked at 77,147 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 5,507 kg/ha, in 2013.
That places Guyana 1st out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Yield in Guyana, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 9,615 kg/ha | — |
| 1998 | 9,504 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 9,333 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 9,510 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 9,551 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 9,615 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 9,524 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 9,444 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 9,375 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 9,286 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2007 | 9,615 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 9,389 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 7,781 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 6,278 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2011 | 5,733 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2012 | 5,860 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2013 | 5,507 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2014 | 59,190 kg/ha | +974.9% |
| 2015 | 57,911 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 77,147 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 2017 | 76,140 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2018 | 20,540 kg/ha | -73.0% |
| 2019 | 76,436 kg/ha | +272.1% |
| 2020 | 41,208 kg/ha | -46.1% |
| 2021 | 34,579 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2022 | 44,788 kg/ha | +29.5% |
| 2023 | 39,757 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2024 | 43,937 kg/ha | +10.5% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 43,937 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,526 kg/ha, 6.7× the median. (12 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 43,937 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 4.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +974.9% | 5,507 kg/ha | 59,190 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +272.1% | 20,540 kg/ha | 76,436 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -73.0% | 76,140 kg/ha | 20,540 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -46.1% | 76,436 kg/ha | 41,208 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,484 kg/ha | 9,333 kg/ha | 9,615 kg/ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 9,309 kg/ha | 7,781 kg/ha | 9,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,074 kg/ha | 5,507 kg/ha | 77,147 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,854 kg/ha | 34,579 kg/ha | 44,788 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Guyana?
- Yams — yield in Guyana was 43,937 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 77,147 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,507 kg/ha in 2013.
- How does Guyana rank for yams — yield?
- Guyana ranks 1st out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.