Yams — Yield in Samoa
Samoa: Yams — Yield was 2,898 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Yams — Yield in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Samoa stood at 2,898 kg/ha.
The figure is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Samoa peaked at 15,000 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,162 kg/ha, in 2015.
Samoa ranks 54th of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Yams — Yield in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,423 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 14,151 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 13,636 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 13,793 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 13,333 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 13,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 13,492 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1969 | 14,286 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 13,846 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 14,286 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1975 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 14,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 13,750 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 12,222 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1983 | 11,000 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1984 | 9,167 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1985 | 7,857 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 6,875 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 6,111 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 6,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 5,102 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1990 | 5,350 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1991 | 4,600 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1992 | 3,667 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1993 | 3,750 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 3,810 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 3,741 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 3,488 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1997 | 3,830 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1998 | 4,000 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 4,717 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2000 | 4,663 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 4,663 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,727 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 4,639 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 4,644 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 4,660 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 4,732 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 4,723 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 4,670 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 4,687 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 4,650 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 4,588 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 4,577 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 4,589 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,906 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2015 | 2,162 kg/ha | -44.6% |
| 2016 | 3,649 kg/ha | +68.7% |
| 2017 | 3,121 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2018 | 3,125 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 3,257 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 3,167 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 3,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 3,167 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,015 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 2,898 kg/ha | -3.9% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 2,898 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 10,718 kg/ha, 27% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 2,898 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,468 kg/ha, 34% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +68.7% | 2,162 kg/ha | 3,649 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -44.6% | 3,906 kg/ha | 2,162 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,939 kg/ha | 13,333 kg/ha | 15,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,242 kg/ha | 13,846 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,237 kg/ha | 5,102 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,095 kg/ha | 3,488 kg/ha | 5,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,681 kg/ha | 4,639 kg/ha | 4,732 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,762 kg/ha | 2,162 kg/ha | 4,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,083 kg/ha | 2,898 kg/ha | 3,167 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 51 Cuba 3,587 kg/ha compare
- 52 Bhutan 3,386 kg/ha compare
- 53 Antigua and Barbuda 3,314 kg/ha compare
- 55 South Sudan 2,473 kg/ha compare
- 56 Sudan (former) 2,395 kg/ha compare
- 57 French Polynesia 2,256 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Samoa?
- Yams — yield in Samoa was 2,898 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,162 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Samoa rank for yams — yield?
- Samoa ranks 54th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Samoa 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.