Yams — Yield in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Yams — Yield was 10,159 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Solomon Islands stood at 10,159 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Solomon Islands peaked at 11,000 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 6,367 kg/ha, in 1986.
Solomon Islands ranks 24th of 61 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,059 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,235 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1963 | 7,353 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 7,471 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 7,647 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 7,389 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 7,500 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 7,667 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 7,778 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1970 | 7,474 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 7,250 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1972 | 7,500 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1973 | 7,850 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1974 | 8,000 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1975 | 8,200 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 8,350 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 7,636 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1978 | 7,391 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 7,208 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 7,292 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 7,375 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 7,200 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 6,536 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1984 | 6,379 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 6,483 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 6,367 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1987 | 6,500 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 6,667 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 6,933 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 6,657 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 6,749 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 6,795 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 6,897 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 7,023 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 7,162 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 7,333 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 7,419 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 7,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 7,658 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 7,879 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 7,941 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 8,143 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 8,971 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2004 | 8,611 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 8,205 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2006 | 8,571 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 8,205 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2008 | 8,500 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2009 | 8,537 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 8,537 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 8,537 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 11,000 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2013 | 10,714 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2014 | 10,284 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2015 | 10,185 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 10,204 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 10,387 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 10,567 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 10,147 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 10,331 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 10,121 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 10,196 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 10,203 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 10,159 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 10,159 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 8,594 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 10,159 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,468 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (10 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Solomon Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +28.9% | 8,537 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,455 kg/ha | 7,059 kg/ha | 7,778 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,686 kg/ha | 7,208 kg/ha | 8,350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,773 kg/ha | 6,367 kg/ha | 7,375 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,119 kg/ha | 6,657 kg/ha | 7,658 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,356 kg/ha | 7,879 kg/ha | 8,971 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,056 kg/ha | 8,537 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,202 kg/ha | 10,121 kg/ha | 10,331 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 21 Guadeloupe 12,000 kg/ha compare
- 22 Colombia 11,644 kg/ha compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 11,229 kg/ha compare
- 25 Brazil 9,791 kg/ha compare
- 26 Chad 9,600 kg/ha compare
- 27 Martinique 9,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Solomon Islands?
- Yams — yield in Solomon Islands was 10,159 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,367 kg/ha in 1986.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for yams — yield?
- Solomon Islands ranks 24th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.