Yams — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Yams — Yield was 9,884 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is 9,884 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.7% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 10,224 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 5,934 kg/ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,123 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,934 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 6,123 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 6,162 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 6,135 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 5,940 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1967 | 6,266 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 6,443 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 6,268 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1970 | 6,156 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1971 | 6,542 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1972 | 6,592 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1973 | 6,700 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 6,416 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1975 | 6,527 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 6,694 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1977 | 6,407 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 6,780 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 6,772 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 6,726 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1981 | 6,599 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 6,286 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 6,060 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 7,068 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1985 | 6,993 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 7,115 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 6,805 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1988 | 7,146 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 7,330 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 7,253 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 7,214 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 6,789 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 7,916 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1994 | 7,843 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 7,769 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 7,590 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1997 | 8,056 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1998 | 8,185 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 8,504 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 8,454 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 8,354 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 9,028 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2003 | 8,843 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 9,262 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2005 | 8,632 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 8,232 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2007 | 8,217 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 9,602 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2009 | 9,672 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 9,456 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 10,224 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 9,174 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 9,728 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 9,341 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 8,772 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 9,714 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 9,800 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2018 | 9,268 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2019 | 9,515 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 9,150 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 8,886 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 9,143 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 8,468 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2024 | 9,884 kg/ha | +16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,155 kg/ha | 5,934 kg/ha | 6,443 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,558 kg/ha | 6,156 kg/ha | 6,780 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,813 kg/ha | 6,060 kg/ha | 7,330 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,712 kg/ha | 6,789 kg/ha | 8,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,830 kg/ha | 8,217 kg/ha | 9,672 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,499 kg/ha | 8,772 kg/ha | 10,224 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,106 kg/ha | 8,468 kg/ha | 9,884 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 2 Japan 25,231 kg/ha compare
- 2 Melanesia 15,303 kg/ha compare
- 3 India 25,051 kg/ha compare
- 4 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,590 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ghana 18,849 kg/ha compare
- 6 Senegal 18,734 kg/ha compare
- 6 Polynesia 9,318 kg/ha compare
- 7 Jamaica 17,793 kg/ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 17,544 kg/ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 6,195 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Yams — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 9,884 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 10,224 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,934 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for yams — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 5th out of 9 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.