Yams — Yield in Niue
Niue: Yams — Yield was 1,154 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Yield in Niue, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Niue is 1,154 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Niue peaked at 11,000 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 727.1 kg/ha, in 1991.
That places Niue 59th 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 Niue, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 11,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 5,909 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1975 | 7,500 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1976 | 9,444 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 1977 | 6,667 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1978 | 2,000 kg/ha | -70.0% |
| 1979 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,877 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 1,818 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1988 | 1,739 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1989 | 1,833 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1990 | 759.5 kg/ha | -58.6% |
| 1991 | 727.1 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 741.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1993 | 756.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 771.4 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 786.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 800.9 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 815.7 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 830.4 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 845.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 860 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 874.7 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 889.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 904.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 919.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 918.5 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 929.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 928.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 970.3 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 992.9 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 1,016 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 1,039 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2012 | 1,071 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 1,107 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2014 | 1,103 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,105 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,116 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,131 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 1,149 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 1,167 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 1,185 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1,146 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 1,156 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 1,156 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,154 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Niue 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | -70.0% | 6,667 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha |
| 1990 | -58.6% | 1,833 kg/ha | 759.5 kg/ha |
| 1974 | -46.3% | 11,000 kg/ha | 5,909 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -29.4% | 9,444 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha |
| 1975 | +26.9% | 5,909 kg/ha | 7,500 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +25.9% | 7,500 kg/ha | 9,444 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,452 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,927 kg/ha | 1,739 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 783.47 kg/ha | 727.1 kg/ha | 845.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 918.85 kg/ha | 860 kg/ha | 992.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,100 kg/ha | 1,016 kg/ha | 1,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,159 kg/ha | 1,146 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Niue
- 56 Sudan (former) 2,395 kg/ha compare
- 57 French Polynesia 2,256 kg/ha compare
- 58 Sudan 2,085 kg/ha compare
- 60 New Caledonia 763.1 kg/ha compare
- 61 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Niue?
- Yams — yield in Niue was 1,154 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Niue?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Niue?
- The lowest recorded value was 727.1 kg/ha in 1991.
- How does Niue rank for yams — yield?
- Niue ranks 59th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Niue?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Niue 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.