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 23rd of 23 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
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
- 20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12,426 kg/ha compare
- 21 Barbados 12,397 kg/ha compare
- 22 Guadeloupe 12,000 kg/ha compare
- 23 Colombia 11,644 kg/ha compare
- 24 Burkina Faso 11,229 kg/ha compare
- 25 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,590 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 296,996 ha (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 7,042 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 13.27 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 44,683 kg/ha (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 45,744 An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 45,744 An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 38,726 An (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production 123.39 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 149.18 t (2024)
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 23rd out of 23 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.