Yams — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Yams — Yield was 8,698 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Yield in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Liberia is 8,698 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Liberia peaked at 9,677 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 8,333 kg/ha, in 1990.
Liberia ranks 32nd of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,630 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,630 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,643 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 9,643 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 8,966 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 8,966 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 9,667 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1975 | 9,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 9,677 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 9,500 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1978 | 9,562 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 9,562 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 9,118 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 9,118 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 9,412 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1983 | 9,444 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 9,210 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1985 | 9,000 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1986 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 9,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 8,333 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 8,461 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 8,500 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1993 | 8,565 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 8,696 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 8,644 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 8,668 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 8,657 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 8,664 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 8,668 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 8,669 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,670 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,723 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 8,677 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 8,678 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 8,708 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 8,692 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 8,694 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 8,542 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 8,635 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 8,669 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 8,776 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 8,600 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 8,627 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 8,700 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 8,716 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 8,714 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 8,706 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,699 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 8,695 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 8,702 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 8,696 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 8,697 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 8,698 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 8,698 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,935 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 8,698 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,630 kg/ha | 9,630 kg/ha | 9,630 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,485 kg/ha | 8,966 kg/ha | 9,677 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,130 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 9,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,586 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 8,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,669 kg/ha | 8,542 kg/ha | 8,723 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,696 kg/ha | 8,600 kg/ha | 8,776 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,697 kg/ha | 8,695 kg/ha | 8,702 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Liberia?
- Yams — yield in Liberia was 8,698 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,677 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,333 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Liberia rank for yams — yield?
- Liberia ranks 32nd out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Liberia 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.