Yams — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Yams — Yield was 0 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Yams — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, yams — yield in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 0 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 100.0% on the previous year and down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 19,750 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 61st out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Yams — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,650 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,821 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1963 | 15,672 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 15,679 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 15,686 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 15,649 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 15,724 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 15,731 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 15,705 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1970 | 15,718 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 15,687 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 15,786 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1973 | 15,724 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1974 | 15,724 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 15,717 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 16,842 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1977 | 18,333 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1978 | 18,410 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 18,889 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 18,410 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 18,516 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 18,183 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 15,385 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1984 | 14,800 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1985 | 14,200 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1986 | 12,400 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1987 | 13,850 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1988 | 13,400 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1989 | 11,964 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1990 | 9,440 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1991 | 8,667 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1992 | 9,823 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1993 | 10,200 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 10,056 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1995 | 9,800 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1996 | 10,385 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1997 | 9,286 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1998 | 9,231 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 12,000 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2000 | 8,000 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2001 | 8,571 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 8,529 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 8,750 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 6,500 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 2005 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6,000 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 6,500 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 6,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 9,333 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 2010 | 6,263 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2011 | 3,120 kg/ha | -50.2% |
| 2012 | 6,600 kg/ha | +111.5% |
| 2013 | 5,376 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2014 | 5,150 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 4,000 kg/ha | -22.3% |
| 2016 | 2,864 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2017 | 5,667 kg/ha | +97.8% |
| 2018 | 2,071 kg/ha | -63.4% |
| 2019 | 6,800 kg/ha | +228.3% |
| 2020 | 19,000 kg/ha | +179.4% |
| 2021 | 19,750 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 10,417 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 2023 | 9,028 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 0 kg/ha | -100.0% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 0 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 6,526 kg/ha. (12 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 0 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 10,718 kg/ha. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +228.3% | 2,071 kg/ha | 6,800 kg/ha |
| 2020 | +179.4% | 6,800 kg/ha | 19,000 kg/ha |
| 2012 | +111.5% | 3,120 kg/ha | 6,600 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -100.0% | 9,028 kg/ha | 0 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +97.8% | 2,864 kg/ha | 5,667 kg/ha |
| 2018 | -63.4% | 5,667 kg/ha | 2,071 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,702 kg/ha | 15,649 kg/ha | 15,821 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,683 kg/ha | 15,687 kg/ha | 18,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,111 kg/ha | 11,964 kg/ha | 18,516 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,889 kg/ha | 8,667 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,518 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 9,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,791 kg/ha | 2,071 kg/ha | 6,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,639 kg/ha | 0 kg/ha | 19,750 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Yams — yield in Trinidad and Tobago was 0 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 19,750 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for yams — yield?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 61st out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.