Yams — Yield in Philippines
Philippines: Yams — Yield was 4,687 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Philippines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Philippines is 4,687 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 9.3% on the previous year and down 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Philippines peaked at 6,112 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,271 kg/ha, in 1981.
That places Philippines 47th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Philippines, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,502 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1963 | 6,010 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 1964 | 5,605 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 5,285 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 5,209 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 5,384 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 5,049 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 4,902 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 4,942 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 4,509 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1972 | 3,983 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1973 | 4,281 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 4,250 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 4,248 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,764 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1977 | 3,256 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1978 | 3,267 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 3,096 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1980 | 2,298 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1981 | 2,271 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 2,280 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 2,986 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1984 | 2,424 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1985 | 3,339 kg/ha | +37.7% |
| 1986 | 3,892 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1987 | 4,365 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 3,956 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1989 | 4,340 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 4,809 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 4,867 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 4,781 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 4,888 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 4,952 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 4,806 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 4,707 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 4,818 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 4,725 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 4,819 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 4,813 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 4,843 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 4,855 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 4,886 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 4,913 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,967 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 5,013 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 5,012 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,640 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 4,578 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 4,615 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 6,000 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2012 | 6,112 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 5,635 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2014 | 5,828 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 5,670 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 5,720 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 5,851 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 5,913 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 5,736 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2020 | 5,705 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 5,885 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 5,707 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 5,166 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 4,687 kg/ha | -9.3% |
Philippines compared with similar countries
- Philippines's 4,687 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 44% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Philippines's 4,687 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,468 kg/ha, 55% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Philippines 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +37.7% | 2,424 kg/ha | 3,339 kg/ha |
| 1963 | +33.5% | 4,502 kg/ha | 6,010 kg/ha |
| 1983 | +30.9% | 2,280 kg/ha | 2,986 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +30.0% | 4,615 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,216 kg/ha | 4,502 kg/ha | 6,010 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,960 kg/ha | 3,096 kg/ha | 4,942 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,215 kg/ha | 2,271 kg/ha | 4,365 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,817 kg/ha | 4,707 kg/ha | 4,952 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,852 kg/ha | 4,578 kg/ha | 5,013 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,708 kg/ha | 4,615 kg/ha | 6,112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,430 kg/ha | 4,687 kg/ha | 5,885 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Philippines?
- Yams — yield in Philippines was 4,687 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 6,112 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,271 kg/ha in 1981.
- How does Philippines rank for yams — yield?
- Philippines ranks 47th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Philippines 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.