Yams — Yield in Sudan
Sudan: Yams — Yield was 2,085 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Yams — Yield in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Sudan stood at 2,085 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Sudan peaked at 2,136 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,974 kg/ha, in 2012.
Sudan ranks 58th of 61 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Yams — Yield in Sudan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,974 kg/ha | — |
| 2013 | 2,105 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 2,062 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 2,082 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 2,083 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,104 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 2,119 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 2,129 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 2,136 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,052 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 2,105 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 2,097 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,085 kg/ha | -0.6% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 2,085 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 8,935 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 2,085 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 8,698 kg/ha, 24% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,082 kg/ha | 1,974 kg/ha | 2,129 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 2,095 kg/ha | 2,052 kg/ha | 2,136 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 55 South Sudan 2,473 kg/ha compare
- 56 Sudan (former) 2,395 kg/ha
- 57 French Polynesia 2,256 kg/ha compare
- 59 Niue 1,154 kg/ha compare
- 60 New Caledonia 763.1 kg/ha compare
- 61 Trinidad and Tobago 0 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Sudan?
- Yams — yield in Sudan was 2,085 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,136 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,974 kg/ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for yams — yield?
- Sudan ranks 58th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sudan 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.