Yams — Yield in World
World: Yams — Yield was 8,449 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
World recorded 8,449 kg/ha for yams — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — yield in World peaked at 11,561 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 6,602 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places World 12th 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,234 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,218 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1963 | 7,416 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 7,534 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 8,039 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 8,363 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1967 | 8,892 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 7,647 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1969 | 8,565 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 8,450 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1971 | 7,455 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1972 | 7,154 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1973 | 7,176 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 8,722 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1975 | 9,203 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 8,327 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1977 | 8,627 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1978 | 8,912 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 8,430 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1980 | 8,816 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1981 | 6,683 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1982 | 6,653 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 6,602 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 6,926 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 6,814 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 6,883 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 7,249 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 8,799 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1989 | 9,113 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 9,694 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 9,914 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 10,379 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1993 | 10,737 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 10,555 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 10,329 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 10,256 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 10,612 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 9,409 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1999 | 9,875 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2000 | 9,865 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 9,775 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 9,992 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 10,235 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 10,701 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2005 | 10,728 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 11,244 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 9,759 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2008 | 10,780 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2009 | 10,042 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 11,561 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2011 | 8,120 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 2012 | 7,945 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 7,795 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 8,615 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2015 | 8,565 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 9,242 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 9,378 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 9,818 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 8,218 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 8,245 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 8,383 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 8,570 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 8,507 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 8,449 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Yams — Yield in World 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 | -29.8% | 11,561 kg/ha | 8,120 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,879 kg/ha | 7,218 kg/ha | 8,892 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,246 kg/ha | 7,154 kg/ha | 9,203 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,454 kg/ha | 6,602 kg/ha | 9,113 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,176 kg/ha | 9,409 kg/ha | 10,737 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,312 kg/ha | 9,759 kg/ha | 11,244 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,926 kg/ha | 7,795 kg/ha | 11,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,431 kg/ha | 8,245 kg/ha | 8,570 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 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
- 11 Benin 16,021 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saint Lucia 15,317 kg/ha compare
- 13 Dominica 14,953 kg/ha compare
- 14 Grenada 14,127 kg/ha compare
- 15 Nicaragua 13,388 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — yield in World?
- Yams — yield in World was 8,449 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 11,561 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest yams — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,602 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does World rank for yams — yield?
- World ranks 12th out of 20 groups with data for 2024.
- Is yams — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.