Yams — Yield in Mali
Mali: Yams — Yield was 17,520 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Yield in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Mali stood at 17,520 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 13.2% on the previous year and down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Mali peaked at 25,000 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,444 kg/ha, in 1986.
Mali ranks 9th of 61 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Yield in Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,700 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 3,850 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1964 | 4,050 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 4,150 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 4,250 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 4,350 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1968 | 4,450 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 4,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 4,600 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 4,700 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 4,400 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 4,250 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 3,913 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 4,000 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 3,929 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1977 | 4,000 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 3,939 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 4,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 4,054 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 4,054 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 4,054 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 4,000 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 4,607 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1985 | 2,859 kg/ha | -38.0% |
| 1986 | 2,444 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1987 | 2,944 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1988 | 3,646 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1989 | 3,111 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1990 | 4,509 kg/ha | +44.9% |
| 1991 | 5,046 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1992 | 3,711 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1993 | 4,302 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1994 | 4,210 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 4,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 3,714 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1997 | 3,500 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 2,838 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 1999 | 12,236 kg/ha | +331.2% |
| 2000 | 19,508 kg/ha | +59.4% |
| 2001 | 10,082 kg/ha | -48.3% |
| 2002 | 13,213 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 2003 | 12,797 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2004 | 20,571 kg/ha | +60.8% |
| 2005 | 16,592 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2006 | 25,000 kg/ha | +50.7% |
| 2007 | 24,994 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 21,298 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2009 | 20,308 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 23,486 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 22,565 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 21,264 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 20,582 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 17,608 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2015 | 16,150 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 24,442 kg/ha | +51.3% |
| 2017 | 16,213 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2018 | 17,273 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 12,893 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2020 | 17,948 kg/ha | +39.2% |
| 2021 | 17,677 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 17,394 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 15,473 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2024 | 17,520 kg/ha | +13.2% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 17,520 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 8,935 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Mali's 17,520 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +331.2% | 2,838 kg/ha | 12,236 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +60.8% | 12,797 kg/ha | 20,571 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +59.4% | 12,236 kg/ha | 19,508 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,089 kg/ha | 3,500 kg/ha | 4,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,173 kg/ha | 3,913 kg/ha | 4,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,577 kg/ha | 2,444 kg/ha | 4,607 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,807 kg/ha | 2,838 kg/ha | 12,236 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,436 kg/ha | 10,082 kg/ha | 25,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,248 kg/ha | 12,893 kg/ha | 24,442 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,202 kg/ha | 15,473 kg/ha | 17,948 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 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
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,632 kg/ha compare
- 9 Caribbean 10,590 kg/ha compare
- 10 Portugal 17,138 kg/ha compare
- 11 Benin 16,021 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Lucia 15,317 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Mali?
- Yams — yield in Mali was 17,520 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 25,000 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,444 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Mali rank for yams — yield?
- Mali ranks 9th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.