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.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 11th out of 23 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
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)
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 133,673 t (2024)
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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 11th out of 23 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.