Yams — Producer Price in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico: Yams — Producer Price was 1,609 SLC in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
1,609 SLC
Change on year
up 0.9%
World rank
34th
of 36 countries
All-time high
1,609 SLC
in 2015
All-time low
779 SLC
in 1992
Years of data
21
1991–2015

Yams — Producer Price in Puerto Rico, 1991–2015

05001.0k1.5k1991200320151991: 823 SLC1992: 779 SLC1995: 854 SLC1996: 844 SLC1997: 804 SLC1998: 989 SLC1999: 902 SLC2000: 1.2k SLC2001: 919 SLC2002: 988 SLC2003: 995 SLC2004: 921 SLC2005: 1.1k SLC2006: 1.2k SLC2007: 1.0k SLC2009: 1.3k SLC2010: 1.4k SLC2012: 1.6k SLC2013: 1.5k SLC2014: 1.6k SLC2015: 1.6k SLC

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in SLC.

Analysis

Puerto Rico recorded 1,609 SLC for yams — producer price in 2015. That is the highest value across all 21 years on record.

The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, yams — producer price in Puerto Rico peaked at 1,609 SLC in 2015 and was at its lowest, 779 SLC, in 1992.

That places Puerto Rico 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.

Yams — Producer Price in Puerto Rico, year by year

Annual values for Yams — Producer Price (SLC/tonne) in Puerto Rico, 1991 to 2015.
Year SLC Change
1991 823 SLC
1992 779 SLC -5.3%
1995 854 SLC +9.6%
1996 844 SLC -1.2%
1997 804 SLC -4.7%
1998 989 SLC +23.0%
1999 902 SLC -8.8%
2000 1,188 SLC +31.7%
2001 919 SLC -22.6%
2002 988 SLC +7.5%
2003 995 SLC +0.7%
2004 921 SLC -7.4%
2005 1,081 SLC +17.4%
2006 1,175 SLC +8.7%
2007 1,026 SLC -12.7%
2009 1,252 SLC +22.0%
2010 1,360 SLC +8.6%
2012 1,590 SLC +17.0%
2013 1,518 SLC -4.6%
2014 1,595 SLC +5.1%
2015 1,609 SLC +0.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 856.43 SLC 779 SLC 989 SLC 7
2000s 1,061 SLC 919 SLC 1,252 SLC 9
2010s 1,534 SLC 1,360 SLC 1,609 SLC 5

Countries ranked near Puerto Rico

  1. 31 Cuba 2,826 SLC compare
  2. 32 Belize 1,764 SLC compare
  3. 33 Portugal 1,677 SLC
  4. 35 Panama 1,507 SLC compare
  5. 36 Ethiopia 400 SLC compare

See the full ranking of 38 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is yams — producer price in Puerto Rico?
Yams — producer price in Puerto Rico was 1,609 SLC in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest yams — producer price recorded in Puerto Rico?
The highest recorded value was 1,609 SLC in 2015.
What is the lowest yams — producer price recorded in Puerto Rico?
The lowest recorded value was 779 SLC in 1992.
How does Puerto Rico rank for yams — producer price?
Puerto Rico ranks 34th out of 36 countries with data for 2015.
Is yams — producer price rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Puerto Rico data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Producer Price (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Yams — Producer Price (SLC/tonne)
Unit
SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
38 places, 737 data points, 1991–2024
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This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.