Yams — Yield in Haiti
Haiti: Yams — Yield was 4,491 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Haiti, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Haiti recorded 4,491 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 41.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Haiti peaked at 11,056 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2,041 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Haiti 48th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Haiti, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,049 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1964 | 4,048 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1966 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,966 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 3,274 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 1980 | 3,235 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1981 | 3,286 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 3,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,333 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,472 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 3,750 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1987 | 4,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 4,516 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1989 | 4,839 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1990 | 5,000 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1991 | 5,278 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1992 | 5,490 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1993 | 5,556 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 5,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1995 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 5,480 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1999 | 5,417 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 5,420 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 5,629 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 5,679 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 5,710 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 5,497 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 5,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 5,916 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2007 | 5,476 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 5,465 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 6,322 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2010 | 6,946 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 7,440 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 7,960 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2013 | 11,056 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2014 | 7,724 kg/ha | -30.1% |
| 2015 | 7,697 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7,630 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 7,077 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2018 | 6,246 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 4,986 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2020 | 2,103 kg/ha | -57.8% |
| 2021 | 2,041 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 4,491 kg/ha | +120.1% |
| 2023 | 4,491 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,491 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Haiti compared with similar countries
- Haiti's 4,491 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 52% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Haiti's 4,491 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 42% of the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Haiti 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | +120.1% | 2,041 kg/ha | 4,491 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -57.8% | 4,986 kg/ha | 2,103 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +38.9% | 7,960 kg/ha | 11,056 kg/ha |
| 2014 | -30.1% | 11,056 kg/ha | 7,724 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,011 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 4,049 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,924 kg/ha | 3,274 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,705 kg/ha | 3,235 kg/ha | 4,839 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,222 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,556 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,661 kg/ha | 5,420 kg/ha | 6,322 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,476 kg/ha | 4,986 kg/ha | 11,056 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,523 kg/ha | 2,041 kg/ha | 4,491 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Haiti
- 45 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,528 kg/ha compare
- 46 Congo 4,764 kg/ha compare
- 47 Philippines 4,687 kg/ha compare
- 49 Belize 4,400 kg/ha compare
- 50 Ethiopia PDR 4,094 kg/ha compare
- 51 Cuba 3,587 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Haiti
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1581 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 425.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1649 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4439 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 15.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 15.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2016)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.6% (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Haiti?
- Yams — yield in Haiti was 4,491 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Haiti?
- The highest recorded value was 11,056 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Haiti?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,041 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Haiti rank for yams — yield?
- Haiti ranks 48th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Haiti?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Haiti 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.