Yams — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Yams — Yield was 2,085 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Northern Africa is 2,085 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 3,250 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,974 kg/ha, in 2012.
Northern Africa ranks 20th of 20 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,250 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,800 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1965 | 3,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 3,021 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 2,935 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 2,954 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 3,000 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 3,077 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 2,949 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1973 | 2,954 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 2,982 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 2,949 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 2,949 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,897 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 2,949 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 2,897 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 2,897 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,875 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 2,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 2,875 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,895 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 2,875 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 2,829 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 2,750 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1988 | 2,791 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 2,333 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 2,375 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 2,783 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1992 | 2,746 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 2,667 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 2,783 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 2,708 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 2,558 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1997 | 2,482 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 2,454 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1999 | 2,357 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 2,389 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 2,404 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 2,404 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,404 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,404 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,400 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,404 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,390 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 2,390 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,401 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 2,398 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,395 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,974 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2013 | 2,105 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 2,062 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 2,082 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2,083 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,104 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,119 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,129 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,136 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,052 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 2,105 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,097 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,085 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,023 kg/ha | 2,800 kg/ha | 3,250 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,960 kg/ha | 2,897 kg/ha | 3,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,800 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 2,897 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,591 kg/ha | 2,357 kg/ha | 2,783 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,399 kg/ha | 2,389 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,145 kg/ha | 1,974 kg/ha | 2,398 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,095 kg/ha | 2,052 kg/ha | 2,136 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 17 Costa Rica 13,094 kg/ha compare
- 17 Côte d'Ivoire 5,113 kg/ha compare
- 18 Burundi 12,938 kg/ha compare
- 19 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,426 kg/ha compare
- 20 Barbados 12,397 kg/ha compare
- 21 Guadeloupe 12,000 kg/ha compare
- 22 Colombia 11,644 kg/ha compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 11,229 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Northern Africa?
- Yams — yield in Northern Africa was 2,085 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 3,250 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,974 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Northern Africa rank for yams — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.