Yams — Yield in Polynesia
Polynesia: Yams — Yield was 9,318 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Yield in Polynesia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Polynesia is 9,318 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 80.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Polynesia peaked at 13,857 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 3,174 kg/ha, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Polynesia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,213 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,376 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1963 | 12,474 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 12,622 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 12,711 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1966 | 13,038 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 13,460 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 13,464 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 13,485 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 13,064 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 13,220 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 13,358 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 13,337 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 13,480 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 13,445 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 13,857 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1977 | 13,837 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 13,471 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 13,207 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 13,216 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1981 | 13,211 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 13,158 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 13,100 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 12,969 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 12,826 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 12,623 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 12,426 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1988 | 12,260 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 11,866 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1990 | 11,472 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 9,826 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1992 | 8,974 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1993 | 8,209 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 8,799 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 8,398 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 8,072 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 7,865 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1998 | 7,625 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 7,674 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 7,944 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 6,803 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2002 | 7,312 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 7,100 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 7,039 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 6,980 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 6,965 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 6,965 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 7,099 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 7,019 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 6,495 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2011 | 6,276 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 6,095 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 5,950 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 5,171 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2015 | 3,174 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 2016 | 4,997 kg/ha | +57.5% |
| 2017 | 4,802 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2018 | 5,089 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 9,048 kg/ha | +77.8% |
| 2020 | 8,341 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 8,887 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2022 | 9,069 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 8,799 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 9,318 kg/ha | +5.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Polynesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +77.8% | 5,089 kg/ha | 9,048 kg/ha |
| 2016 | +57.5% | 3,174 kg/ha | 4,997 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -38.6% | 5,171 kg/ha | 3,174 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,871 kg/ha | 12,213 kg/ha | 13,485 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,428 kg/ha | 13,064 kg/ha | 13,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,766 kg/ha | 11,866 kg/ha | 13,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,692 kg/ha | 7,625 kg/ha | 11,472 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,123 kg/ha | 6,803 kg/ha | 7,944 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,710 kg/ha | 3,174 kg/ha | 9,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,883 kg/ha | 8,341 kg/ha | 9,318 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Polynesia
- 3 India 25,051 kg/ha compare
- 4 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,590 kg/ha compare
- 5 Ghana 18,849 kg/ha compare
- 6 Senegal 18,734 kg/ha compare
- 7 Jamaica 17,793 kg/ha compare
- 8 Papua New Guinea 17,544 kg/ha compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 6,195 kg/ha compare
- 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,632 kg/ha compare
- 9 Mali 17,520 kg/ha compare
- 9 Caribbean 10,590 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Polynesia?
- Yams — yield in Polynesia was 9,318 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Polynesia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,857 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Polynesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,174 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Polynesia rank for yams — yield?
- Polynesia ranks 6th out of 9 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Polynesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Polynesia 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.