FAO · Agriculture
Nigeria: Crops and livestock products: Yams, Area harvested
8.02Mha · 2024+50.3% since 2014
FAOSTAT domain QCL. Crops and livestock products: Yams, Area harvested (ha). Annual figures for Nigeria from 2000 to 2024.
Every year
| Year | Value (ha) | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8,015,649 | I |
| 2023 | 7,613,167 | I |
| 2022 | 7,467,286 | I |
| 2021 | 7,498,130 | A |
| 2020 | 7,128,080 | A |
| 2019 | 6,778,080 | A |
| 2018 | 5,427,899 | A |
| 2017 | 5,276,098 | A |
| 2016 | 5,347,483 | A |
| 2015 | 5,389,870 | A |
| 2014 | 5,333,871 | A |
| 2013 | 5,088,300 | A |
| 2012 | 4,487,946 | A |
| 2011 | 4,475,356 | A |
| 2010 | 2,868,990 | A |
| 2009 | 2,776,020 | A |
| 2008 | 3,045,000 | A |
| 2007 | 3,123,000 | A |
| 2006 | 3,035,000 | A |
| 2005 | 2,957,000 | A |
| 2004 | 2,837,000 | A |
| 2003 | 2,828,000 | A |
| 2002 | 2,794,000 | A |
| 2001 | 2,677,000 | A |
| 2000 | 2,647,000 | A |
Source
Published by FAO, produced by Food and Agriculture Organization. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-08.
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FAO (2026). Crops and livestock products: Yams, Area harvested. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/fao-qcl-137-5312-ha (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.
Crops and livestock products: Yams, Area harvested in other countries
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
- Costa Rica
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- French Polynesia
- Gabon
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Haiti
- India
- Jamaica
- Japan
- Kenya
- Liberia
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Martinique
- Mauritania
- New Caledonia
- Nicaragua
- Niue
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Puerto Rico
- Rwanda
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania, United Republic of
- Togo
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
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