Yams area of the World

10,396,069 Ha in 2022

Before area - yams of World started to increase to reach a level of 10.4 million ha in 2022, it went through a trough reaching a low of 1.34 million ha in 1978.

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World - Yams - Agriculture Indicators
Production 88,257,159.31 t in 2022 FAO
Yield 84,895 100 g/ha in 2022 FAO
Area crops in the World
Oilcrops 343,786,015 Ha in 2022 FAO
Pulses 95,958,348 Ha in 2022 FAO
Fruits 67,487,008 Ha in 2022 FAO
Vegetables 58,260,761 Ha in 2022 FAO
Fibre Crops 41,659,168 Ha in 2019 FAO
Sorghum 40,762,472 Ha in 2022 FAO
Rapeseed 39,965,053 Ha in 2022 FAO
Seed cotton 31,426,734 Ha in 2022 FAO
Sugar Cane 26,089,988 Ha in 2022 FAO
Cocoa Beans 11,939,436 Ha in 2022 FAO
Olives 10,948,521 Ha in 2022 FAO
Sugar Beet 4,295,160 Ha in 2022 FAO
Triticale 3,616,655 Ha in 2022 FAO
Taro (cocoyam) 2,478,967 Ha in 2022 FAO
Cereals 673,655 Ha in 2022 FAO
Sisal 233,364 Ha in 2022 FAO
Other Bastfibres 152,200 Ha in 2022 FAO
Yautia (cocoyam) 32,405 Ha in 2022 FAO
Pyrethrum,Dried 18,883 Ha in 2022 FAO
Macro Region (Ha)
Africa 10,255,383 in 2022 FAO
South America 64,085 in 2022 FAO
Oceania 29,419 in 2022 FAO
Asia 10,205 in 2022 FAO
Europe 136 in 2017 FAO
Central America and the Caribbean 17 timeseries
Southeast Asia 2 timeseries
Country (Ha in 2022)

Nigeria is the top country by area - yams in the world. As of 2022, area - yams in Nigeria was 7.48 million ha that accounts for 71.99% of the world's area - yams. The top 5 countries (others are Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Benin, and Togo) account for 94.53% of it. The world's total area - yams was estimated at 10.4 million ha in 2022.

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Nigeria 7,481,859 FAO
Côte d'Ivoire 1,400,000 FAO
Ghana 581,968 FAO
Benin 251,727 FAO
Togo 108,871 FAO
Sudan 82,710 FAO
Cameroon 72,219 FAO
Central African Republic 59,377 FAO
Chad 48,193 FAO
Guinea 42,462 FAO
Gabon 35,785 FAO
Colombia 34,098 FAO
Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,104 FAO
Brazil 25,775 FAO
Papua New Guinea 21,773 FAO
South Sudan 21,144 FAO
Jamaica 11,238 FAO
Japan 7,050 FAO
Cuba 6,850 FAO
Mali 6,525 FAO
Panama 6,506 FAO
Senegal 6,396 FAO
Rwanda 6,253 FAO
Comoros 5,548 FAO
Dominican Republic 4,875 FAO
Haiti 4,687 FAO
Solomon Islands 4,396 FAO
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,186 FAO
Ethiopia 3,992 FAO
Burkina Faso 3,974 FAO
Congo 3,331 FAO
Philippines 2,372 FAO
Liberia 2,348 FAO
United Republic of Tanzania 1,448 FAO
Costa Rica 1,291 FAO
Dominica 936 FAO
Malaysia 767 FAO
Kenya 752 FAO
Burundi 527 FAO
Mauritania 476 FAO
Sao Tome and Principe 396 FAO
Tonga 359 FAO
Fiji 242 FAO
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 179 FAO
Puerto Rico 172 FAO
Portugal 136 in 2017 FAO
Barbados 81 FAO
Nicaragua 75 FAO
Samoa 60 FAO
Antigua and Barbuda 43 FAO
Guyana 26 FAO
Saint Lucia 26 FAO
Bhutan 16 FAO
Belize 11 FAO
Saint Kitts and Nevis 7 FAO
Trinidad and Tobago 1 FAO
Germany 0 in 2017 FAO
Grenada 0 FAO
United States of America 1 timeseries