Yams — Yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis: Yams — Yield was 5,528 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis stood at 5,528 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 18.4% on the previous year and down 44.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis peaked at 11,250 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,452 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Saint Kitts and Nevis 49th 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 62 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,306 kg/ha | 2,452 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,032 kg/ha | 4,941 kg/ha | 5,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,130 kg/ha | 5,000 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,474 kg/ha | 2,999 kg/ha | 5,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,500 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 11,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,201 kg/ha | 7,333 kg/ha | 11,224 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 6,765 kg/ha | 5,528 kg/ha | 7,720 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Kitts and Nevis
- 46 Puerto Rico 5,952 kg/ha compare
- 47 Sao Tome and Principe 5,806 kg/ha compare
- 48 Comoros 5,589 kg/ha compare
- 50 Côte d'Ivoire 5,113 kg/ha compare
- 51 Congo 4,764 kg/ha compare
- 52 Philippines 4,687 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.3% (2025)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Rural population growth 0.0% (2025)
- Rural population 31,954 (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 1.29 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 15.26 million current US$ (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.29 (2025)
- Capture fisheries vs aquaculture 4 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Yams — yield in Saint Kitts and Nevis was 5,528 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The highest recorded value was 11,250 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,452 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Saint Kitts and Nevis rank for yams — yield?
- Saint Kitts and Nevis ranks 49th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Saint Kitts and Nevis?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Kitts and Nevis 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.