Yams — Yield in Western Africa
Western Africa: Yams — Yield was 8,439 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in Western Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 8,439 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in Western Africa peaked at 11,928 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,701 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Western Africa 13th 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 Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,791 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,750 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1963 | 7,882 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 8,064 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 8,698 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1966 | 9,117 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 9,850 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 8,106 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1969 | 9,220 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1970 | 9,009 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 7,769 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1972 | 7,404 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 7,448 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 9,609 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1975 | 10,042 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 8,974 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1977 | 9,459 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 9,923 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 9,258 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1980 | 9,812 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1981 | 6,815 kg/ha | -30.5% |
| 1982 | 6,794 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1983 | 6,701 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 7,002 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1985 | 6,879 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 7,004 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 7,420 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 9,374 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1989 | 9,739 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 10,302 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1991 | 10,446 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 10,982 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 11,217 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1994 | 11,093 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 10,666 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 10,609 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 10,950 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 9,594 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 1999 | 10,053 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 10,034 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 9,934 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 10,188 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2003 | 10,451 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2004 | 10,960 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 10,987 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 11,559 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 9,964 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2008 | 11,084 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2009 | 10,305 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2010 | 11,928 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2011 | 8,126 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 2012 | 7,978 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 7,825 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 8,659 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 8,562 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 9,291 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 9,427 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 9,896 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2019 | 8,202 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2020 | 8,256 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 8,388 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 8,556 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 8,496 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 8,439 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in Western Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -31.9% | 11,928 kg/ha | 8,126 kg/ha |
| 1981 | -30.5% | 9,812 kg/ha | 6,815 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,497 kg/ha | 7,750 kg/ha | 9,850 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,890 kg/ha | 7,404 kg/ha | 10,042 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,754 kg/ha | 6,701 kg/ha | 9,812 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,591 kg/ha | 9,594 kg/ha | 11,217 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,546 kg/ha | 9,934 kg/ha | 11,559 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,989 kg/ha | 7,825 kg/ha | 11,928 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,427 kg/ha | 8,256 kg/ha | 8,556 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in Western Africa?
- Yams — yield in Western Africa was 8,439 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 11,928 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,701 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Western Africa rank for yams — yield?
- Western Africa ranks 13th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Africa 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.