Yams — Yield in South America
South America: Yams — Yield was 10,852 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for yams — yield in South America is 10,852 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in South America peaked at 11,133 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 7,249 kg/ha, in 1989.
That places South America 7th out of 20 groups 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.
Yams — Yield in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,578 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,001 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 7,788 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 7,898 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 7,985 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 8,109 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 8,151 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 8,237 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 8,220 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 8,122 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 7,782 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 7,976 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1973 | 8,344 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 7,978 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 8,719 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 8,577 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 9,511 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 9,695 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 9,250 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1980 | 9,446 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 8,491 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1982 | 7,930 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1983 | 7,883 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 8,100 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 8,253 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 7,985 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 8,802 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1988 | 8,181 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1989 | 7,249 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1990 | 8,089 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 8,340 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 8,962 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1993 | 9,368 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 8,990 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 9,883 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1996 | 9,724 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1997 | 9,347 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1998 | 9,451 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 9,560 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 10,003 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2001 | 10,074 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 9,826 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2003 | 10,180 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 10,263 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 10,176 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2006 | 9,663 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 9,741 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 9,936 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 9,699 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 10,200 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 10,425 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 10,263 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 10,318 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 10,006 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 9,937 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 9,772 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2017 | 10,702 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2018 | 10,981 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 11,133 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 11,087 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 11,103 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 10,892 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 10,807 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 10,852 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,996 kg/ha | 7,578 kg/ha | 8,237 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,595 kg/ha | 7,782 kg/ha | 9,695 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,232 kg/ha | 7,249 kg/ha | 9,446 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,172 kg/ha | 8,089 kg/ha | 9,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,956 kg/ha | 9,663 kg/ha | 10,263 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,374 kg/ha | 9,772 kg/ha | 11,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,948 kg/ha | 10,807 kg/ha | 11,103 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 6 Polynesia 9,318 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
- 10 Portugal 17,138 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in South America?
- Yams — yield in South America was 10,852 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 11,133 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,249 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does South America rank for yams — yield?
- South America ranks 7th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.