Yams — Yield in New Caledonia
New Caledonia: Yams — Yield was 763.1 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Yield in New Caledonia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
New Caledonia recorded 763.1 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in New Caledonia peaked at 9,231 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 763.1 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places New Caledonia 60th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Yield in New Caledonia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,095 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,182 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 8,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,182 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 9,231 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1966 | 9,091 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 6,364 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1968 | 8,333 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1969 | 6,400 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1970 | 6,538 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 5,926 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 6,429 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1973 | 6,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 6,414 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 6,333 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1976 | 6,452 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 6,519 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 6,562 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 6,424 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1980 | 6,407 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 6,429 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 6,412 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,471 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 6,412 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1989 | 6,353 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 7,978 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1991 | 3,443 kg/ha | -56.8% |
| 1992 | 3,499 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 4,027 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1994 | 6,521 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 1995 | 6,286 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 5,670 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 5,232 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 4,796 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 4,364 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2000 | 3,936 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 3,514 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2002 | 3,098 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 2,597 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2004 | 2,220 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2005 | 1,856 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2006 | 1,506 kg/ha | -18.9% |
| 2007 | 1,102 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 2008 | 873 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 1,166 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2010 | 1,195 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 868 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2012 | 1,462 kg/ha | +68.4% |
| 2013 | 940 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2014 | 1,090 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2015 | 1,123 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 1,075 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 1,030 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2018 | 953.5 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 862 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2020 | 774.1 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2021 | 790.9 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 793.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 778.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2024 | 763.1 kg/ha | -1.9% |
New Caledonia compared with similar countries
- New Caledonia's 763.1 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 6,526 kg/ha, 12% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
- New Caledonia's 763.1 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,468 kg/ha, 9% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in New Caledonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +68.4% | 868 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha |
| 1994 | +61.9% | 4,027 kg/ha | 6,521 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -56.8% | 7,978 kg/ha | 3,443 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,007 kg/ha | 6,364 kg/ha | 9,231 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,403 kg/ha | 5,926 kg/ha | 6,562 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,437 kg/ha | 6,353 kg/ha | 6,471 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,182 kg/ha | 3,443 kg/ha | 7,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,187 kg/ha | 873 kg/ha | 3,936 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,060 kg/ha | 862 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 779.86 kg/ha | 763.1 kg/ha | 793.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Caledonia
- 57 French Polynesia 2,256 kg/ha compare
- 58 Sudan 2,085 kg/ha compare
- 59 Niue 1,154 kg/ha compare
- 61 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Caledonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.8 % change on previous year (2017)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0179 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2019)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 596.77 current US$ per person (2019)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2271 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3183 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.8% (2019)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.8% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2015)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in New Caledonia?
- Yams — yield in New Caledonia was 763.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in New Caledonia?
- The highest recorded value was 9,231 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in New Caledonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 763.1 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does New Caledonia rank for yams — yield?
- New Caledonia ranks 60th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in New Caledonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this New Caledonia 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.