Yams — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Yams — Yield was 5,952 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in Puerto Rico is 5,952 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 24,247 kg/ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 5,129 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Puerto Rico 46th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,327 kg/ha | 5,129 kg/ha | 5,770 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,252 kg/ha | 5,521 kg/ha | 9,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,064 kg/ha | 5,610 kg/ha | 6,550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,254 kg/ha | 5,670 kg/ha | 24,247 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,283 kg/ha | 7,014 kg/ha | 8,806 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,872 kg/ha | 5,276 kg/ha | 8,782 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,994 kg/ha | 5,952 kg/ha | 6,010 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 43 Mauritania 6,259 kg/ha compare
- 44 Gabon 6,205 kg/ha compare
- 45 United Republic of Tanzania 6,195 kg/ha compare
- 47 Sao Tome and Principe 5,806 kg/ha compare
- 48 Comoros 5,589 kg/ha compare
- 49 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,528 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Rural population 180,246 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6858 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 887.20 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6858 (2025)
- Cereal production 3,952 metric tons (2023)
- Cereal yield 3,612 kg per hectare (2023)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 10 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Yams — yield in Puerto Rico was 5,952 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 24,247 kg/ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,129 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for yams — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 46th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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.